SEATTLE (AP) — A nationwide flooring company has agreed to pay a fine of nearly $134,000 to settle federal allegations that it paid a bribe to help secure work at Naval Base Kitsap near Poulsbo.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle says Spectra Contract Flooring, which has an office in Tukwila, was a subcontractor on a seismic upgrade at the Base in 2009. Prosecutors said Spectra performed work at the Gig Harbor home of the main contractor on the job, Brent Meisner, and billed the Navy for it.
Meisner was convicted in 2017 of filing false tax returns and was sentenced to 18 months.
Spectra did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement, which was announced Wednesday.