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State Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Dec. 17 that two former PennDOT managers and eight contractors conspired to defraud taxpayers through an overbilling machination. Ex-permit manager William Rosetti allegedly received kickbacks from highway inspectors in exchange for ignoring doctored time sheets and mileage reports, an investigative document revealed. The report adds the 36-year-old also received payment for hours he did not work.
Contractor John J. Cavanaugh supposedly added two hours of overtime daily to his timesheet and gave Rosetti as much as $150 each pay period as a “street tax” for him to overlook the 61-year-old’s actions. Joseph DeSimone, 34, and John LaSpada, 40, reportedly paid kickbacks to ex-manager Alexander Morrone to overlook overbilling and rarely visited job locations they claimed they had inspected. DeSimone also allegedly billed for work he did not perform at a construction site that closed due to a state of emergency.
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