WMATA OIG announces indictment

The following news release was issued by the Metro Office of Inspector General

The Maryland State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County today announced that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Hardutt Singh, Vice President for Potomac Construction, with one count of bribery of a public official. 

According to the indictment, on December 16, 2016, Singh “did attempt to bribe” a public official, an employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

This matter is being jointly investigated by the Office of Inspector General for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Office of the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland. 

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Joel Patterson.