Anderson Brothers Construction settles whistleblower suit about asphalt quality reports for state and federal road contracts.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Anderson Brothers Construction in Brainerd has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations that it intentionally falsified asphalt quality tests on 25 public works contracts in Minnesota.
A former employee of Anderson Brothers filed a federal whistleblower suit in 2022, accusing the company of making “systemic and consistent false statements” to regulators.
As a result, asphalt projects for roads, airports and schools — all publicly funded — were built with “substandard and defective” materials, said the suit, which was unsealed last week.
The federal government and the state of Minnesota joined the suit filed by Kacie Dixon, a bituminous technician at Anderson Brothers from May 2019 to at least August 2022. The suit claims Anderson Brothers violated federal and state false claims statutes.
“Minnesotans expect their hard-earned tax dollars to go to things like roads, bridges, schools and public safety, not into the pockets of corrupt contractors,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a press statement. “My thanks go out to whistleblowers like Kacie Dixon who help us fight fraud.”
Anderson Brothers’ CEO Terry McFarlin said in a press statement that the company is “pleased to have resolved the government’s concerns about our past testing protocols through a no-fault agreement.”
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