At Southwark Crown Court, Arben Hysa was convicted of bribing three Keltbray site managers to secure labour supply contracts for London-based Tony Demolition Workers Ltd worth £15m.
Bribes totalling more than £600,000 were paid by Hysa between 2012 and 2018 to three Keltbray managers: Michael McCarthy, Simon Lacey, and John Burke.
The Keltbray three were jailed for receiving the bribes, which represented a ‘breach of trust’ in respect of their obligations to their employer Keltbray.
Hysa, Burke and McCarthy were all sentenced to three and half years in prison; Lacey was sentenced to two years.
Andrew Cant from the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Corruption in the construction industry distorts competition between companies and makes the UK a less attractive marketplace for domestic and foreign investors. McCarthy, Lacey, and Burke ignored the rules in respect of their obligation to act in the interests of their employer Keltbray when dealing with external contractors by accepting significant sums of money from Arben Hysa.
“The CPS will now commence confiscation proceedings in order to reclaim the ill-gotten gains of the defendants’ crimes.”