Brooklyn Man Charged With Demanding And Receiving Kickbacks On Federally Funded Construction Contract.

Erron Strachan, a former foreman on a federally funded residential housing construction project in Harlem, was arrested and charged with soliciting and receiving kickbacks from workers on the project. According to the allegations, Strachan demanded and received kickbacks from numerous workers employed by a contractor that worked on the project, thus denying these employees the prevailing wage to which they were entitled.