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Date: 02-16-2023
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United States of America v. Michael S. Flynn
Case Number: 3:19-cr-00112
Judge: Kari A. Dooley
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Bridgeport County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Bridgeport
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating n bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting public and private entities in Connecticut.
Michael S. Flynn conspired with other insulation contractors to rig bids and engage in fraud on contracts for installing insulation around pipes and ducts on construction projects at universities, hospitals, and other public and private entities in Connecticut. According to public court filings, the victims of the scheme included the University of Connecticut, the City of Hartford, PepsiCo. Inc., Stamford Hospital, and Yale University. The conspiracy ran for nearly seven years, beginning as early as June 2011 and continuing until as late as March 2018. Six other individuals and companies have pled guilty to criminal conduct arising out of this investigation. Flynn was the last of the seven defendants sentenced.
“Bid rigging and fraud are serious crimes with serious consequences,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. “This sentence reflects the division’s commitment to seeking appropriate punishment for criminal antitrust violations and ensuring that victims of antitrust crimes are made whole.”
“This defendant’s collusive conduct victimized hospitals, universities and businesses throughout Connecticut,” said U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery for the District of Connecticut. “This prison term and the penalties imposed on all individuals and companies involved in this scheme should deter others from engaging in such criminal, anti-competitive behavior. I thank the FBI, DCIS, and the Antitrust Division for their efforts in bringing these perpetrators to justice.”
ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS - Conspiracy to Restrain Trade
(1)
ATTEMPT AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MAIL FRAUD - Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
(2)
“This fraud and deception of the public and commercial consumer has ended with this sentence,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Jean Pierre Njock of the FBI New Haven Field Office. “We at the FBI along with our law enforcement partners will continue to pursue those that choose to engage in antitrust crimes.”
"This sentencing is the result of a successful joint effort to ensure that the markets for services provided to the Department of Defense (DoD) are legitimate and competitive," stated Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Hegarty of the Northeast Field Office for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). “The DCIS, the law enforcement arm of the DoD Office of Inspector General, is committed to investigating and prosecuting companies that corrupt the DoD procurement system.”
Flynn previously pleaded guilty to one count of bid rigging under Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Flynn was also ordered to pay a special assessment of $200.
This investigation was conducted by the Antitrust Division’s New York Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, the FBI’s New Haven Division, and the DCIS’s New Haven Resident Agency.
Outcome: The Defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total of 15 months on Count One, 15 months on Count Two; terms to run concurrent; supervised release for a total term of 2 years with conditions; Restitution of $1,062,155.00 joint and several with Gary Devoe and BC Flynn Contracting Corp.; special assessment of $200.00. The defendant shall self-surrender directly to the facility designated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 13, 2023 under his own power and at his own expense. In the event the defendant does not receive designation by the Bureau of Prisons prior to the surrender date, the defendant must self-surrender to the United States Marshal's Service by 12:00 p.m. on March 13, 2023.
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