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Shaw Group

Weiser, et al. v. Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure

Date: 05/31/2011 (Date of Complaint)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: State/Local

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $0

Disposition: Pending

Synopsis: Christy Weiser and Greg Pierson filed a lawsuit alleging a scheme of kickbacks, overbilling, and other improprieties by employees of the Louisiana Office of Community Development (OCD) and Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) to elevate the homes of people who live in flood-prone areas of Louisiana. (Shaw regulates and monitors the program through a contract with the OCD.) Weiser and Pierson also allege they were subject to retaliation because of their whistleblowing efforts.