Federal prosecutors in San Diego have indicted three scaffolding executives on charges that they conspired to defraud the United States through a scheme that allegedly involved lies and trickery to secure construction-related contracts with the U.S. Navy.
The lead defendant in the case is Alvin “Mick” McDonald Ruis Jr., a racehorse owner, breeder and trainer who in 2018 trained Bolt d’Oro, one of the entries in that year’s Kentucky Derby. Ruis later made headlines when he successfully filed a lawsuit that resulted in the winner of the 2018 Kentucky Derby, triple-crown champion Justify, being disqualified from an earlier victorious race in California.
In a matter unrelated to the charges Mick Ruis now faces, his son, Alvin McDonald Ruis III, recently went on trial for murder in San Diego Superior Court for allegedly killing his cellmate at the downtown San Diego Central Jail. Alvin…
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