CMP parent company countersues former subcontractor, claiming defamation

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 5, 2021

The parent company of Central Maine Power has filed a lawsuit claiming defamation and extortion against a former subcontractor who last week accused the power company of engaging in bid-rigging and racketeering. Avangrid filed its lawsuit Friday against Security Limits Inc. and CEO Paulo Silva, a cybersecurity expert with the New York-based company. Avangrid’s counter lawsuit charges that Silva is a disgruntled former subcontractor who interjected himself into a merger review process in New Mexico after Avangrid refused to award new contracts to his company.