A major player in the construction business here in Pennsylvania is accused of ripping off its employees to the tune of about $20 Million! Glenn O. Hawbaker Incorporated of State College was charged Thursday with stealing from its own workers by systematically violating state and federal prevailing wage laws on taxpayer-funded public infrastructure projects. The 70-year-old company did $1.7 billion in state transportation construction contracts between 2003 and 2018. Yesterday, in what State Attorney General Josh Shapiro called a massive unprecedented fraud and the largest case of its kind nationally, the company was charged with four counts of theft. Prosecutors said there were thousands of victims who had their retirements stolen from them. The attorney general’s office said Hawbaker… a family run company… stole more than $20 million from workers’ fringe benefits such as retirement and health insurance, using the money to pad its bottom line, undercut competitors, and fund internal projects and company bonuses… essentially fleecing workers in order to put more money back into their own pockets… and has apparently engaged in these practices for decades. The charges yesterday came after a three-year investigation.
