WINFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia company that prosecutors said was involved in a highway bribe kickback scheme has declared bankruptcy.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Bayliss and Ramey Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The filing is more than a year since former company president Mark Whitt was sentenced to three years of probation in the state Division of Highways kickback scheme, and ordered to pay $250,000 for his role in the conspiracy to steer $1.5 million of highways projects to a South Carolina firm.
People were interested in these podcasts
Attorney Bill Pepper is representing the company in the bankruptcy proceedings. He says the electrical contractor near Winfield has been out of business for “maybe a year,” and the bankruptcy is only a matter of putting it to rest.
___
Information from: The Charleston Gazette-Mail, http://wvgazettemail.com.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.