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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Conradt v. NBC Universal (“To Catch a Predator” Lawsuit)
General Electric Company’s NBC Universal Inc. settled a lawsuit over the suicide of Louis William Conradt, Jr., a Texas prosecutor whom the network planned to feature on Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” program. Conradt’s sister, who filed the lawsuit, claimed that the network was responsible for his death and sought more than $100 million in damages. Conradt shot himself in November 2006 when members of a police SWAT team, as part of a pedophilia sting arranged by the program’s producers, tried to arrest him at his home for allegedly attempting to solicit a minor on the Internet.
- Misconduct Type
- Consumer Affairs
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 6/24/2008