PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have picked up another guilty plea in an investigation of public corruption and corporate fraud in suburban Detroit.
Charles Rizzo was associated with a trash-hauling company that carried his name. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Friday.
Court documents say he was involved in a scheme in which a recycling company overcharged the Rizzo company in 2015 and then sent the money to a third party.
Rizzo’s son, Chuck Rizzo, pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy in November. The younger Rizzo was head of Rizzo Environmental Services when it was controlled by a private equity firm. The company now has a different name and has changed hands.
Nearly 20 people have been charged in the investigation, and many have pleaded guilty.
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