Contractor falsified safety, health records in order to collect bonuses
A contractor working at Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear power plants has been found guilty of falsifying safety records in order to collect more than $2.5 million in safety bonuses.
Following a 12-day trial in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga, TN, a jury convicted 55-year-old Walter Cardin of Metairie, LA, a safety manager of The Shaw Group (formerly Stone & Webster Construction), guilty of eight counts of major fraud.