Illegal use of foreign hardware nets $250,000 in fines for Virginia contractor

A building contractor in the Tidewater who had received millions of dollars in payments for his work on government contracts entered into a plea agreement regarding his violations of the Buy American Act, a federal law that mandates the use of American-made goods, and will have to pay $250,000 in fines for himself and his company, as reported here in the Virginian-Pilot.