Willian Borges, Paying Bribes for Contracts, Massachusetts 2022

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to paying bribes in exchange for contracts for work at a college in New York.

Willian Borges, 30, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pleaded guilty on October 26, 2022 to one count of conspiracy and three counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.

Borges was arrested in September 2020, after paying bribes to co-conspirator Floyd Young, who held positions involving facility maintenance at a New York college.

The bribes Borges paid Young were made in cash in the amount of 15% of the contract during face-to-face meetings. In addition, as Borges received payment for work done at the college, he paid Young bribes on a periodic basis. Borges also inflated the amount of the invoices submitted to the college in order to be repaid the cost of the bribe payment made to Young.

On occasion, Young and Borges arranged for no-work invoices to be submitted to the college and then split the payment.

Borges was a principal of DWD Builders, a general contracting firm, from 2018 to 2019. Young pleaded guilty in August 2020 to steering contracts for construction, repair, maintenance and other work for the colleges to favored contractors, including Borges, in exchange for bribe payments typically in the amount of 15% of the contract.

The charge of conspiracy provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss. The charges of bribery concerning programs receiving federal fund each provide for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss.

U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins and Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Breslow of Rollins’ Springfield Branch Office is prosecuting the case. Borges is scheduled to be sentenced on February 27, 2023.

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