Exec to plead guilty to falsifying worker docs

PROVIDENCE – An executive vice president and treasurer with Central Landscaping Construction Co. in Johnston will plead guilty in federal court to charges he orchestrated a scheme to avoid paying contractually obligated union benefits.

Steven F. Pagliarini, 57, who is also executive vice president of Central Nurseries Inc. in Glocester and Johnston, agreed to plead guilty in federal court to charges that he set up the deception by paying a portion of the employees’ wages through Central Nursery, a nonunion company.

In addition, Pagliarini has agreed to plead guilty to providing false information to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training regarding the employment status of some of his Central Nursery employees.

Court documents allege that at various times, between January 2007 and December 2010, Pagliarini submitted false documents to welfare and pension-plan administrators of two unions that represent construction equipment operators and other employees of Central Landscaping.

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The employees worked on federally funded projects at the Hartford Park project in Providence and the I-195 relocation project. •

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