WVDOH awards contracts to company involved in kickback scheme

Putnam County contractor Mark R. Whitt pleaded guilty last year to his role in a kickback scheme directed by a West Virginia Division of Highways engineer.

Whitt’s company, Bayliss & Ramey, also admitted it had violated federal law after taking part in the scheme, according to a signed agreement with federal prosecutors.

“It was the biggest mistake of my life,” Whitt said in a statement sent to the Gazette-Mail.

But that hasn’t stopped the state from doing business with Bayliss & Ramey: The DOH has awarded three contracts to the firm this year, records show.

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