CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lawsuits over a bankrupt bus company are growing Friday.
One filed earlier this week named Former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and a NASCAR owner.
A new lawsuit is going after former DesignLine board chairman Buster Glosson.
The lawsuit seeks to recover money and property from Glosson, his family and what they call his network.
The suit claims Glosson gave Foxx a high-paying job, one a previous lawsuit claims he didn't really do, hoping to gain influence over Foxx and access to government jobs and contracts.
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It uses the word bribery when referring to those payments.
The complaint accuses Glosson and others of fraud, "waste of corporate assets," "unfair and deceptive trade practices," “civil conspiracy and "violation of the federal and North Carolina racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations acts."
It states Glosson and some family members "worked in concert over the course of decade to pilfer assets of the debtors … to siphon monies and opportunities belonging to the debtors, their creditors, and their investors,” going on to say they used investor money "to supplement the lifestyles of defendants Brad Glosson and Buster Glosson, and other members of their family."
The allegations are against the former chairman and CEO of the bus company, which declared bankruptcy in 2013.
Those who lost out are trying to trace back where the money went and recover what they can.
The lawsuits are a part of that and the latest filing sheds more light on the allegation Foxx was paid over $400,000 for a job he didn't do at the company.
It said the defendants paid Foxx to gain influence "to secure government contracts and/or other benefits," what the suit calls bribery.
It also claims DesignLine paid Foxx over $16,000 after he resigned from the company, when he was announced as a nominee for U.S. secretary of transportation.
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