Byrd-Bennett’s co-defendants don’t follow her lead on plea

A day after former CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett admitted her guilt in a kickback scheme to steer millions in no-bid contracts to her former employers, those men, now her two co-defendants, entered not guilty pleas Wednesday in federal court. Like Byrd-Bennett, Gary Solomon and Thomas Vranas were charged last week in a 43-page indictment with multiple […]