Vanguard Construction $1.5M Deferred Prosecution Agreement for Construction Fraud

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:19:14 +0000
Criminal Justice

New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with Vanguard Construction and Development Co., Inc., requiring forfeiture of $1.5 million, with $787,500 allocated to New York State. The company was arraigned on charges of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree for a years-long overbilling scheme between December 2017 and December 2022 involving falsified subcontractor change orders and inflated payment requests on public projects.