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Form of procurement fraud
Bid rigging is a fraudulent scheme in a procurement action which enables companies to submit non-competitive bids. It can be performed by corrupt officials
Bid_rigging
Indian multinational conglomerate
companies. This has raised concerns of bid rigging and collusion. Adani group also faced accusations of bid-rigging by the Indian National Congress after
Adani_Group
Offer to set a price tag
of money. That is why the fight against bid rigging is a top priority in many countries. To detect bid rigging, national competition authorities rely on
Bidding
Empire Center for Public Policy. "N.Y. senator: Hochul pushed for CDPAP bid-rigging in budget". Spectrum News NY1. August 22, 2025. "Joint Public Hearing:
Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program
Consumer_Directed_Personal_Assistance_Program
Organized Italian crime syndicate
to increase transparency in public contracting so that there can be no rigging, which mafiosi usually arbitrate; and redesign the voting process to make
Sicilian_Mafia
American construction company
Hochtief in 1999. In 2010s, the company was involved in a multi-year bid rigging scheme related to interior work at Bloomberg L.P.. Then vice president
Turner_Construction
Japanese advertising and public relations company
Olympics bid-rigging complaint". BBC News. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023. "Japan's top ad agency indicted over Olympics bid-rigging scandal"
Dentsu
Mutually beneficial collusion among competing corporations
They use bid rigging: bidders for a tender agree on a bid price. They then do not bid in unison, or share the return from the winning bid among themselves
Cartel
Law maintaining market competition
Bid Rigging in Public Procurement - OECD". www.oecd.org. Retrieved 11 September 2018. Maci, Marsela (April 2012). "Private Enforcement in Bid-Rigging
Competition_law
French industrial group
competition regulator found them guilty, along with five other companies, of bid rigging over tenders for work at the Marcoule nuclear site. In this UK construction
Bouygues
Process of offering goods or services up for bids
auction result, a practice known as collusion or more specially bid-rigging. By agreeing to bid only against outsiders, never against members of the "ring"
Auction
Insurance company
investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for participating in a bid rigging and price fixing scheme with insurance broker Marsh & McLennan. In 2008
Chubb_Limited
Pezzullo, and Joseph Truncale on labor racketeering, extortion, and bid-rigging charges. The indictment identified Datello as soldier in the "Prince
List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
List_of_past_Lucchese_crime_family_mobsters
American gangster
mobster pleads guilty in bid-rigging scheme". Chicago Tribune. Sweeney, Annie. "1 year for Rudy 'the Chin' Fratto in bid-rigging scheme". Chicago Tribune
Rudy_Fratto
American lawyer and criminal (1937–2021)
He was convicted of several crimes from 1985 to 2014, ranging from bid rigging in the CTA scandal that led to the suicide of Pennsylvania State Treasurer
William_Trickett_Smith
Cast of American crime drama TV series
Caldwell, New Jersey. As underboss, he handled political payoffs and bid-rigging for the Lupertazzi organization, he also often acted as an intermediary
List of The Sopranos characters
List_of_The_Sopranos_characters
Swiss insurance company
companies to resolve allegations of bid-rigging and improper "finite reinsurance" transactions." "Insurer Settles Bid-Rigging Case by Agreeing to Pay $153 Million"
Zurich_Insurance_Group
Anticompetitive agreement to control prices
indictable criminal offence under Section 45 of the Competition Act. Bid rigging is considered a form of price fixing and is illegal in Canada (s.47 Competition
Price_fixing
American mobster (1920–2012)
lucrative sex industry centered near Times Square. He was convicted of bid rigging in construction, skimming union dues, and extorting protection money
Matthew_Ianniello
American sports and real estate company
indicted Tim Leiweke for violation of the Sherman Act in relation to bid rigging of a college stadium in Texas. As a result of the indictment, Oak View
Oak_View_Group
Japanese politician
the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office in connection with the bid-rigging allegations mentioned later. In 2011, Nakatsuka ran for mayor of Hirakata
Hiroshi_Nakatsuka
Regulator in the United Kingdom
Trading (OFT) on construction firms found to have engaged in illegal bid-rigging schemes were deemed to be "excessive" and the Tribunal revised the values
Competition_Appeal_Tribunal
Multi-sport event in Italy
alleged irregularities over the selection of certain sponsors, such as bid-rigging, irregular payments and uncertain validity over relationships between
2026_Winter_Olympics
Acquisition of goods and services
2025. Carbone, Carlotta; Calderoni, Francesco; Jofre, Maria (2024). "Bid-rigging in public procurement: cartel strategies and bidding patterns" (PDF)
Procurement
American politician (born 1991)
Lina Maria Hidalgo (born February 19, 1991) is a Colombian-American politician in the state of Texas. She is the county judge of Harris County, the third-most
Lina_Hidalgo
U.S. energy company
private landowner filed suit against the company and Chesapeake for bid rigging. While the case was dropped by the United States Department of Justice
Ovintiv
Japanese organized crime (yakuza) group
Leader Kenichi Shinoda Activities Arms trafficking, assassinations, bid rigging, blackmail, bookmaking, contract killing, drug trafficking, extortion
Yamaguchi-gumi
Japanese multinational manufacturing corporation
Bridgestone pleaded guilty to bribing Latin American officials and bid rigging, and agreed to pay a $28 million fine to resolve criminal charges. In
Bridgestone
American politician (born 1965)
that a federal grand jury had begun investigating the Jefferson County bid-rigging scandal. The federal probe showed that following Corcoran's resignation
Richard_Corcoran
contract. Several organizations said that the government should make bid-rigging illegal. Bid-ridding has been described as a way for consultants to offer unusually-low
Housing_in_Hong_Kong
scandal (橋梁談合事件, Kyōryō dangō jiken; 'Bridge bid-rigging case') was centered around the use of bid-rigging between 47 colluding Japanese firms and Japan
2005_Japanese_bridge_scandal
Italian criminal and terrorist
Mafia association, extortion, fraudulent transfer of assets, bribery, bid rigging and false invoicing, in the Mafia Capitale investigation. On 20 July
Massimo_Carminati
Swedish–Swiss multinational company
2010, and 2022. Additionally, in 2001, an ABB entity pleaded guilty to bid rigging. During the 2010s, ABB largely focused its growth strategy on the robotics
ABB
City in Texas, United States
fence on the United States-Mexico border. An ongoing public corruption, bid-rigging, and kickback investigation by the FBI and Texas Department of Public
Eagle_Pass,_Texas
Multi-sport event in Italy
alleged irregularities over the selection of certain sponsors, such as bid-rigging, irregular payments and uncertain validity over relationships between
Concerns and controversies at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2026_Winter_Olympics
Professional services firm
crisis-management specialist. In 2004, Marsh was involved in a brokerage bid rigging scandal that plagued much of the insurance industry, including brokerage
Marsh_(company)
Cooperation between firms to limit competition
along the supply chain through vertical restraints Bid rigging by fixing bids or agreeing not to bid for certain contracts In the example in the picture
Collusion
Anti-competitive business strategy
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Embrace, extend, and extinguish
Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
U.S.-based food company
charges of price-fixing and bid-rigging. In February 2021, Pilgrim's Pride agreed to pay a $107 million fine on charges of bid rigging and price fixing. In June
Pilgrim's_Pride
American energy company
from a continuing federal antitrust investigation into price fixing, bid rigging, and other anti-competitive conduct in the petroleum industry. The next
Expand_Energy
One of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, US
entire market. Bid-rigging allows the mob to get a percentage of the income on the construction deal, only allowing certain companies to bid on jobs after
Lucchese_crime_family
American mobster (1913–2000)
grand jury on September 13, 1984 on charges relating to coercion and bid-rigging in the private garbage collection industry on Long Island, following
Anthony_Corallo
American sports executive (born 1957)
Leiweke to Step Down as OVG's CEO After Being Criminally Indicted for Bid-Rigging". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2025. "A Conversation With Tim Leiweke
Tim_Leiweke
Indian businessman (born 1963)
that he was rigging bids to suit Adani Group and Videocon Group, as the new clauses would rule out most of the other prospective bidders. After the ITT
Lalit_Modi
their government position, influence, and networks – can facilitate bid-rigging, inspection avoidance, and the circumvention of traditional expectations
Corruption_in_Japan
Global professional services firm
2004, Marsh, the company's insurance brokerage unit, was embroiled in a bid rigging scandal that plagued much of the insurance industry, including brokerage
Marsh_McLennan
American banker and public official
outside complainant, a government contractor, charged insider dealing and bid rigging in its contention that Hamilton Securities had obtained its HUD business
Catherine_Austin_Fitts
Polytechnic university in Marcy, New York
2016, SUNY Poly President Alain E. Kaloyeros was charged with felony bid rigging. He was consequently suspended as president without pay. Kaloyeros was
SUNY_Polytechnic_Institute
This is a partial list of notable price fixing and bid rigging cases. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has taken several airlines
List_of_price_fixing_cases
American mobster
Genovese family bosses millions of dollars from extortion, shakedown, bid rigging, and controlling companies. DiNapoli dominated the New York City District
Vincent_DiNapoli
Public Inquiry in Quebec
unions in the construction industry. Witnesses detailed a system of bid-rigging that saw a cartel of engineering and construction firms obtain public
Charbonneau_Commission
American businessman (1959–2016)
allegedly rigging the bidding process. The indictment says he orchestrated a conspiracy in which two oil and gas companies colluded not to bid against each
Aubrey_McClendon
Multi-purpose arena in Austin, Texas, U.S.
original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-20. "CEO indicted, accused of bid rigging for Moody Center development on UT campus". KXAN Austin. 9 July 2025
Moody_Center
on January 21, 2007. Former governor Tadahiro Ando was arrested for bid-rigging. Independent comedian Hideo Higashikokubaru (running under the name "Higashi
2007 Miyazaki gubernatorial by-election
2007_Miyazaki_gubernatorial_by-election
Turkish politician (born 1968)
was acquitted in the cases in which she had been tried on charges of bid rigging and abuse of office and her family company Jantsa achieved privileged
Özlem_Çerçioğlu
Practices that prevent or reduce competition in a market by a business or government
Boral and CSR formed a pre-mix concrete cartel and were penalized for bid rigging, price fixing and market sharing at an amount over $6.6million and a
Anti-competitive_practices
Undercover investigation into organized crime
conviction of more than one hundred participants in price-fixing and bid rigging of waste hauling contracts in the city. The story is detailed in the
Operation_Wasteland
Thai former politician (born 1958)
was acquitted in 2009 of involvement in the rubber sapling scandal for bid rigging, corruption and collusion. In 2007, Newin was banned from politics for
Newin_Chidchob
Structured criminal groups
organized crime groups defraud national, state, or local governments by bid rigging public projects, counterfeiting money, smuggling or manufacturing untaxed
Organized_crime
Austrian construction company
Republic confirmed that one of Strabag's subsidiaries participated in bid rigging cartel of construction companies (together with companies of Skanska
Strabag
British construction company
2023 by the UK Competition and Markets Authority for participating in bid-rigging activities in the demolition sector. Erith Group traces its origins to
Erith_Group
Public transportation organization in New York
thousands of company emails, Patel pleaded guilty to obstructing federal bid rigging and fraud investigations in March 2020. In 2022, construction manager
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority
Public power utility in New York State
2017. Conflicts of interest and lax accounting have been an issue. Bid rigging and fraud convictions have occurred among suppliers. Development of new
New_York_Power_Authority
Canadian political scandal
"Analysis: Bid-rigging trial ends with 60 not-guilty verdicts". "Crown won't appeal bid rigging trial verdict". "Crown won't appeal bid rigging trial verdict"
ETS_Scandal
American food company
the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to price fixing and bid rigging in the poultry industry. Tyson was cooperating under a leniency program
Tyson_Foods
Processes through which companies combine or transfer ownership
seller. With pure cash deals, there is no doubt on the real value of the bid (without considering an eventual earnout). The contingency of the share payment
Mergers_and_acquisitions
Form of bribery in which payment is received for services rendered
U.S. healthcare space. Annates Anti-competitive practices Baksheesh Bid rigging Charbonneau Commission Conflict of interest Fraud Political corruption
Kickback_(finance)
Agreements in which competitors divide markets among themselves
Department of Treasury or equivalent body authorizes it. "Price Fixing, Bid Rigging, and Market Allocation Schemes". Retrieved 2 June 2013. Smith, Adam (9
Market_allocation_scheme
Ratio between turnover and profit
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Profit_margin
American physicist
Film Technology. In September 2016, Kaloyeros was charged with felony bid rigging. He was then suspended from his job as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's President
Alain_E._Kaloyeros
American politician (1952–2025)
2008. Needelman then served as Clerk of Brevard County Courts, but lost his bid for re-election in 2012. In 2017 he was found guilty of bribery, a second-degree
Mitch_Needelman
Japanese advertising and holding company
Hakuhodo, rival ad agency Dentsu, and four other companies on suspicion of bid rigging of contracts worth approximately ¥43.7 billion for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Hakuhodo
Loans with unfairly high interest rate
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Usury
convicted of bribe-taking and bid-rigging which were offences that he had committed earlier when he was governor. Bribed, bid-rigging governor is sent up Ex-Miyazaki
Tadahiro_Ando
Measure of the relative size of firms
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Herfindahl–Hirschman_index
Commerce phenomenon
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Cornering_the_market
American bank headquartered in New York City
variable Violated antitrust provision of the Sherman Act relating to bid rigging Stole and auctioned items from deposit boxes of private individuals and
Chase_Bank
Practice of obtaining money or goods through coercion
a tiger does with its prey. Ransoms are often used alongside these. Bid rigging Blackmail Bribery UK Bribery Act 2010 Conflict of interest Controlling
Extortion
General term for rules, including delegated legislation and self-regulation
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Regulation
his suicide is unknown. Six companies have been indicted on charges of bid-rigging for contracts connected to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The parties include
Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics
Italian-American Mafia crime family
loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, jewel theft, fraud, bid rigging, labor racketeering, narcotics trafficking, automobile theft, fencing
Bufalino_crime_family
Japanese advertising holding company
[Six companies including Dentsu and seven others indicted for bid-rigging for the Olympics and violations of the Antimonopoly Law Series of investigations
Hakuhodo_DY_Holdings
Greek construction company
Switzerland In 2001, Archirodon was involved in corruption and bid-rigging with construction bids for Egyptian water projects as discussed in the Camp David
Archirodon
Albanian technology entrepreneur
Agency for Information Society (AKSHI), and is accused of corruption, bid rigging, price inflation, and participation in a structured criminal group, and
Ermal_Beqiri
Canadian lawyer and author
Devoir and chairman of the Board of Marine Industries, charged with bid rigging (acquitted) Robert Latimer, Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled
Edward_Greenspan
British accounting professional services network
breached state government procurement policies, including by engaging in bid rigging, ultimately directing $2.1 million in consulting work to Grant Thornton
Grant_Thornton
American mobster (1942–2020)
Like" New York Magazine Jan 9, 1995 page 26 Raab, p. 497. "Witness in Bid Rigging Case Tells of Mob Threat to his Wife's Life" New York Times September
Anthony_Casso
1870s postal-delivery scandal in the US
scandal in the United States, stemming from allegations of bribery and bid rigging in the United States Post Office Department which came to light as early
Star_Route_scandal
Hong Kong statutory organisation
collusion in bid-rigging in first action under new law". www.scmp.com. 20 June 2018. "Hong Kong's competition watchdog takes IT firm to court over bid for Ocean
Competition Commission (Hong Kong)
Competition_Commission_(Hong_Kong)
Subsidiary of Compass Group
Group PLC - Official site ESS USA website es-ko.com Compass Group’s bid rigging scheme Lawsuit from competitor ES-KO Archived 2007-06-16 at the Wayback
Eurest_Support_Services
Defunct American corporation
Post, June 14, 1993, p. F11. Isikoff, Michael, "Dynalectric Indicted on Bid Rigging Charge; McLean Firm, Former President Agree to Plead Guilty, Forgo Appeal
DynCorp
Italian-American Mafia crime family
involved in bid rigging and extortion. Joseph LaQuatra – a Pittsburgh associate. James "Brad" LaRocca – a Pittsburgh associate involved in bid rigging. Anthony
Pittsburgh_crime_family
Criminal organization
Salvatore Buzzi Years active 1999–2014 Territory Rome Activities Money laundering, conspiracy, racket, political corruption, corruption, bid rigging
Mafia_Capitale
U.S.-based military and government services contractor
out-of-court settlement with the United States over claims it had engaged in bid-rigging of a U.S. Army contract for support in Afghanistan. According to the
Pacific Architects and Engineers
Pacific_Architects_and_Engineers
Escândalo dos bingos [pt] (2004) Brazilian Post Office scandal [pt] (2005) - bid-rigging at Correios. Mensalão scandal (2005) – parliamentary vote-buying scandal
List_of_scandals_in_Brazil
Intermediary between buyers and sellers of insurance
2004, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer found apparent cases of bid-rigging by the major brokers, where the brokers arranged with insurers to provide
Insurance_broker
Irish politician (born 1967)
October 2016 in the wake of a fraud in relation to alleged bribery and bid-rigging on humanitarian aid contracts for Syria, that was discovered in March
Barry_Andrews_(politician)
Canadian government agency
engage in an illegal agreement (such as price fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging), cartel, or conspiracy. Under the Act, it is also against the law to
Competition_Bureau
Growing one's existing wealth without creating new wealth
between different politicians eager to offer favors to rent-seekers may bid down the cost of rent-seeking. Lack of trust between the rent-seekers and
Rent-seeking
State-sanctioned monopoly by a private company
Collusion Dividing territories Formation of cartels Price fixing (List) Bid rigging Tacit collusion Occupational licensing and closure Cornering the market
Government-granted_monopoly
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
Boy/Male
English American
Bird.
Male
German
Abbreviated form of German Ägidius, ÄGID means "kid; young goat" or "shield of goatskin."
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Like a Bird; Variant of Byrd
Male
English
Short form of English Buddy, BUD means "companion."
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Blonde.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Courageous, Warrior
Male
English
Short form of English Gideon, GID means "cutter down; hewer," i.e. "mighty warrior."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Bigg.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Middle English bird, brid ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ (Old English bridd), applied as a nickname or perhaps occasionally as a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher. The metathesized form is first found in the Northumbrian dialect of Middle English, but the surname is more common in central and southern England. It may possibly also be derived from Old English burde ‘maiden’, ‘girl’, applied as a derisory nickname.Irish : Anglicization of Gaelic Ó hÉanacháin or Ó hÉinigh, in which the first element (after Ó) has been taken as Gaelic éan ‘bird’ (see Heneghan).Jewish : translation of various Ashkenazic surnames meaning ‘bird’, as for example Vogel.
Boy/Male
English American
Derived from bud, a colloquial term of address used in the United States; short for buddy,...
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Roman Latin Vitus, VID means "life."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Latin Fabianus, FÃBIÃN means "like Fabius."Â
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian, Slovak and Slovenian form of Hebrew David, DÃVID means "beloved."
Boy/Male
Spanish
God; rooster.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Bird
Boy/Male
Muslim
The withholder
Boy/Male
Indian
Worshipper of God
Male
English
Masculine short form of English unisex Sidney, SID means "St. Denis."
Boy/Male
Native American
Bird with big beak.
Boy/Male
Indian
The withholder
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victory
Girl/Female
Arabic
Lady
Girl/Female
Indian
Its meaning is her father
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements ey "island" and steinn "stone," hence "island stone."
Male
Hebrew
(זְבֻלוּן) Hebrew name ZEBUWLUWN means "habitation." In the bible, this is the name of the tenth son of Jacob and Leah.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : possibly a nickname for a philanderer, from Middle English love(n) ‘to love’ + well, or alternatively a variant of Lovell, altered through folk etymology.
Female
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Russian Sonya, SONJA means "wisdom."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Shadow of God
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name from Middle High German bach ‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant, or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word, for example Bach or Bachern.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Bachar.Danish : probably of German origin (see 1).Respelling of Norwegian Bakker, a habitational name from any of the farmsteads so named (see Back).English : variant of Baker.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Moon of autumn
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
BID RIGGING
v. t.
To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.
superl.
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.
superl.
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
v. t.
To place in a bed.
superl.
Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
imp. & p. p.
of Rid
v. i.
To go to bed; to cohabit.
n.
A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
v. t.
An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
n.
Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
n.
See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
n.
A bird.
v. t.
To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
n.
Gloves made of kid.
v. t.
To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.