Press Release

President of Navillus Contracting Charged with defrauding Union Benefits Funds

Issued by U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ]

July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020.  An 11-count indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Donal O’Sullivan, his sister Helen O’Sullivan and Padraig Naughton with wire fraud, mail fraud, embezzlement from employee benefit funds, submission of false remittance reports to union benefit funds and conspiracy to commit those crimes. The indictment relates to the defendants’ conduct at Navillus Tile, Inc. d/b/a Navillus Contracting (“Navillus”), one of the largest construction firms in New York City. Donal O’Sullivan is the founder, owner and President of Navillus. Helen O’Sullivan is the Treasurer of Navillus and Padraig Naughton is the company’s Financial Controller. The defendants were arrested this morning and arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. Donal O’Sullivan was released on a $500,000 bond; Helen O’Sullivan and Naughton were each released on $250,000 bonds. 

Further information available in the notice posted on the DOL website.

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