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Billings contractor pleads guilty to defrauding tribe

BILLINGS (AP) — A Billing contractor has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe in northcentral Montana in a series of kickbacks and inflated invoices.

Kevin McGovern pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges as part of a plea agreement that will settle three separate indictments. McGovern pleaded guilty on behalf of himself and his former company, MC Equipment Holdings LLC, to wire fraud and to theft from an Indian tribal organization over a deal involving a portable paving plant.

He previously pleaded guilty on behalf of CMG Construction to filing false claims with the Federal...

 

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