Oklahoma civil contractor indicted in $100M price-fixing scheme

• A federal grand jury indicted an Oklahoma infrastructure construction company and two of its employees for an alleged $100 million price-fixing scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. 

• Weatherford, Oklahoma-based Sioux Erosion Control, its vice president B.G. Dale Biscoe and estimator Randy Shelton allegedly conspired with competitors to raise and maintain prices on their products and services from September 2017 to April 2023, while dividing up contracts and rigging bids on jobs across Oklahoma, according to the release. 

• The alleged conspiracy targeted over $100 million in publicly funded transportation construction contracts across the state, according to the DOJ. In addition to conspiring to raise prices for sod, the department alleges that the defendants and their co‑conspirators agreed to divide up contracts across different areas of Oklahoma and rigged bids for particular projects by submitting intentionally high-priced bids or outright refusing to bid.

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