New York construction bosses face 20 years in prison for union fraud

Global Construction Review Article

“Three executives at New York company Navillus Contracting face up to 20 years in jail after being found guilty of defrauding unions out of more than $1m in employee benefits.

Donal O’Sullivan, 60, his sister Helen, 61, and the company’s financial comptroller, Padraig Naughton, 49, were convicted on Friday following a three-week trial. Helen O’Sullivan was the company’s payroll administrator.

The three were found guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, embezzlement from employee benefits funds, submission of false remittance reports to union benefits funds and conspiracy to commit those crimes.”