Detroit Free Press investigative reporter Jennifer Dixon uncovered government documents showing that top executives at Synagro Technologies knew of questionable spending by underlings who paid bribes to win a $1.2-billion city contract in Detroit. The report noted that federal authorities prosecuted the two underlings, who now are in federal prison; but no executives with the Texas-based company have been charged or accused of wrongdoing. Other records indicate that more than a half-dozen city officials and businesspeople had their hands out for Synagro cash. They, too, have not been charged.
