Company CEO Michael Sawyer and a foreperson, Latronia “Tee” Sanders, are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.

The hired Princeton contractor allegedly "intentionally failed" to complete the work as well as falsely represented it installed new copper pipes that were already in place.

A company hired for $10 million to replace lead pipes in Newark lied about getting the work done, federal prosecutors say.

Two people hired by the City of Newark to replace 18,000 lead pipes are facing federal charges after they intentionally left the pipes in the ground, hid them from officials, and then collected payment for work that they didn't properly perform,

A company hired to replace 18,000 dangerous lead water pipes in Newark, including those connected to schools, never performed the work, but billed the city for $10.2 million while using misleading photographs,

Federal authorities allege that a company in New Jersey lied when it said it completed a $10.2 million project to replace lead pipes in Newark, a criminal complaint detailed Wednesday. The project, the Lead Service Line Replacement Program,

A company hired to replace lead pipes in Newark for $10 million lied about getting the work done, prosecutors said. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.

The Lead Service Line Replacement Program in Newark, touted as a major success and a blueprint for other U.S. cities, was tainted Thursday after federal prosecutors alleged that one of the contractors hired to replace lead pipes didn’t fully finish the job.