Three executives of Navillus Contracting, a large masonry and concrete subcontractor on major union construction projects in New York City, face an 11-count criminal indictment for allegedly cheating union benefit funds of more than $1 million between 2011 and 2017.

Company CEO Donal O’Sullivan, payroll department head Helen O’Sullivan and comptroller Padraig Naughton, were arrested and charged with conspiring “with others” to evade making contributions to seven union funds that included health and pension benefits. Helen O'Sullivan also is a sister to the CEO. All were released on bail.

根据Donal O'Sullivan的8月3日，这三人“暂时”辞去了公司的角色。Navillus运营负责人Colin Mathers现在是临时首席执行官，没有披露高管返回的日期。

该公司与工会达成了集体谈判协议，要求其雇用工会工人在其项目上雇用工会工人，并提交报告，以详细介绍每个员工工作的小时数。18luck官网

Navillus employed union and non-union workers in violation of the collective bargaining agreement, but if it did hire non-union workers, it was required under the agreements to contribute to the union benefits funds on their behalf, according to the federal indictment made public July 30.

该公司与一家咨询公司达成了一项协议，向Navillus工作的工作支付了“某些”员工，在涉嫌计划的过程中，该工作量超过720万美元。7月29日在纽约州布鲁克林美国地方法院提起的起诉书说：“纳维洛斯和咨询公司都不代表指定雇员向福利资金捐款。”

The consulting firm, which provided construction companies with surveys and construction project estimates, was not identified in the indictment, and its owner was named as "John Doe." His secretary, named in the document as “Jane Doe,” was described as having submitted false consulting firm billing invoices to Navillus to make it appear that the payments were for masonry and consulting work performed for the company to conceal the fraudulent payments to workers, the indictment said.

The three who were indicted along with “one or more others” conspired to embezzle money owed to the union benefits funds, the indictment said, noting that the government will claw back the stolen funds if the defendants are found guilty.

Sean O’Shea, a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City and attorney for Donal O’Sullivan, said the government’s claim is “flatly false” and noted that during the time period when it is alleged the company failed to pay $1 million to union benefits funds, it actually paid more than $200 million to those unds.

他说：“当美国政府是这些不道德工会的收集机构时，这真是可悲。”

According to O’Shea, O’Sullivan’s company is one of the largest union contractors in New York City. “The trend is away from union labor here,” he said, adding that the unions have created an environment that makes it difficult to work with them. “They ae trying to destroy a great union company when they should be looking in the mirror,” he said.

Navillus解决了指控欺诈的民事诉讼由五个工会和福利资金带来的，2018年使用了一家由奥沙利文（O’Sullivan）和他的兄弟拥有的单独的公司来避免谈判协议在其项目上使用工会劳动力的协议，并以2570万美元的价格付款。18luck官网

Navillus申请破产保护该案当时的联邦法官说，在原始判决为7600万美元之后，但在将这笔款项降低后能够降低了公司的一种手段。

行业观察家警告说，根据《国家劳资关系法》，拥有工会和工会建筑公司拥有单个所有者并非违法，但如果没有正确设置，可能会导致麻烦。

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