Government & Politics  January 10, 2024

Fort Collins: Fraud means you don’t get more

Connexion, Fort Collins
Connexion and Fort Collins’ utilities operations are housed at 222 Laporte Ave. in Fort Collins. Christopher Wood/BizWest
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FORT COLLINS — Committing fraud means that a party is not entitled to additional payments from the party defrauded, the city of Fort Collins contended in a reply to a motion from the companies that failed to complete writing the software for the city’s Connexion internet utility.

The city won a judgment against Open International LLC and Open Investments LLC, related Florida companies that the city had engaged to write the software for utility billing, starting with Connexion but eventually to include the community’s other utilities.

After spending millions, the city determined that Open had misled it and…

Ken Amundson retired from his position as managing editor of BizWest in May 2024 but has come back on a limited basis to report business news in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes north of Denver. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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