Interiors Firms Charged Again.

The article discusses the indictments of New York City construction manager Lehr Construction Corp. and four of its executives as well as six area subcontractors and their owners in a contractor-bid inflation scheme. Lehr was indicted for corruption, fraud, grand larceny and money laundering. The indictments were part of a continuing crackdown on fraud in the city's interiors-renovation sector. Prosecutors claim that the scheme overcharged clients by 30 million U.S. dollars in the last 10 years.