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TexasTowelie

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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 04:23 AM Aug 2017

WVDOH awards contracts to company involved in kickback scheme

Putnam County contractor Mark R. Whitt pleaded guilty last year to his role in a kickback scheme directed by a West Virginia Division of Highways engineer.

Whitt’s company, Bayliss & Ramey, also admitted it had violated federal law after taking part in the scheme, according to a signed agreement with federal prosecutors.

“It was the biggest mistake of my life,” Whitt said in a statement sent to the Gazette-Mail.

But that hasn’t stopped the state from doing business with Bayliss & Ramey: The DOH has awarded three contracts to the firm this year, records show.

Read more: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20170802/wvdoh-awards-contracts-to-company-involved-in-kickback-scheme-

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