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Father, son charged with larceny, fraud for work on Big Dig
By Globe Staff
A father and son from Marshfield have been indicted on charges that they stole more than $250,000 from the state while hauling construction materials for the Big Dig.
The contractors -- James Roderick Sr., 61, and James Roderick Jr., 37 -- are accused of rigging scales to inflate the amount of material they hauled away from the Big Dig when they were being paid by the ton. According to a release from the state attorney general's office, companies owned by the Rodericks perpetrated the fraud from October 2004 to February 2007. Investigators reviewed paperwork from more than 4,000 trips of hauling material from the Big Dig.
The Rodericks were indicted Thursday by a grand jury on two counts of larceny over $250 by continuous scheme, fraud in procurement, presentation of false claims, and three counts of conspiracy. They are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 25.
The younger Roderick owned and operated a company named Durod Ltd, which hauls construction material. His father owned and operated Y2Krush, which recycled asphalt, concrete, and steel from construction sites until it went out of business in December 2006, according to the attorney general.
