A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City has indicted a Weatherford-based erosion control company and a top executive in a price-fixing conspiracy that targeted more than $100 million in publicly funded transportation contracts across the state.
Sioux Erosion Control Inc. along with Vice President BG Dale Biscoe and Randall David Shelton, an estimator, are accused of violating the Sherman Act — the federal antitrust law prohibiting unreasonable restraints of trade — by conspiring with their competitors to raise and maintain prices for products and services from September 2017 through April 2023.
The three defendants have entered pleas of not guilty.
“We’ve not done anything wrong,” Mack Martin, an attorney for Biscoe, told The Oklahoman. “We’re gonna defend this to the end. We’re proud of the work we’ve done.”
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Sioux issued the following statement:
“Sioux Erosion Control, BG Biscoe and Randy Shelton entered pleas of not guilty and will vigorously defend the charges. We are proud of the high-quality soil erosion service we have provided and continue to provide in Oklahoma.”