Re: New York Air Monitoring Firm, Supervisors Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy

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sac> CONTACT:

sac> Kika

sac> _Kika.stacy@..._ (mailto:Kika.stacy@...)

sac> 202-564-0906

sac> 202-564-4355

sac> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

sac> October 13, 2010

sac> New York Air Monitoring Firm, Supervisors Found Guilty of Fraud and

sac> Conspiracy

sac> WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

sac> Justice Department announced today that a federal jury in Utica, New York

sac> has found Certified Environmental Services, Inc. (CES), two of its

managers,

sac> Copeland and Dunn and one of its employees, Sandy ,

sac> guilty of conspiring to aid and abet Clean Air Act violations, commit mail

sac> fraud, and defraud the United States. The defendants were also convicted

of

sac> substantive Clean Air Act violations and mail fraud counts. Defendants

CES

sac> and Dunn were convicted of making false statements to federal law

sac> enforcement.

sac> “Falsifying asbestos reports and air quality data is a serious crime and

sac> undermines our nation’s efforts to protect human health and the

environment,”

sac> said Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of

sac> Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. " Exposure to asbestos can be fatal

and the

sac> conviction by a jury shows that the American people will not tolerate

illegal

sac> activity that puts the public at risk of cancer or other serious

sac> respiratory diseases.”

sac> “Because of the dishonest and illegal practices of this company, many

sac> people were left unaware for years of their possible exposure to

asbestos,”

sac> said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and

sac> Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. “Companies and

sac> employees will be fully investigated and prosecuted when they put the

public’s

sac> health at risk by violating environmental laws.”

sac> As alleged in the indictment, CES, its employees, and a supervisor from a

sac> former asbestos abatement company, Paragon Environmental Construction,

sac> conspired over the course of nearly a decade to falsify lab results used

to

sac> prove that asbestos removal was done properly. In numerous instances

asbestos

sac> removal companies represented that homes, schools, and other buildings

sac> were free of asbestos contamination when asbestos debris remained behind.

sac> Owners of local homes and buildings were unaware that asbestos had been

left

sac> behind from sloppy abatement work because air quality reports were

falsified

sac> by CES. Due to the false lab reports, people that lived or worked in the

sac> buildings were potentially exposed to asbestos, putting them at risk for

sac> developing cancer. EPA investigators have notified affected building

owners of

sac> the asbestos problem so proper cleanup can be conducted.

sac> The conspiracy and substantive Clean Air Act and false statements counts

sac> of the indictment each carry a maximum possible term of incarceration of

sac> five years and a fine of $250,000. The mail fraud counts each carry a

maximum

sac> possible term of incarceration of 20 years and similar fines.

sac> The conviction is the latest in a series of asbestos removal cases that

sac> EPA and the Justice Department have brought to trial. For example, in

June

sac> 2010, the owners of Kodiak Construction Service were sentenced to a

combined

sac> total of more than 13 years in prison after being found guilty of numerous

sac> asbestos related violations. Another example is the four year sentence

sac> and requirement to provide restitution to victims of more than $850,000

for

sac> the operator of J & W Construction, Inc that violated the Clean Air Act

sac> through illegal asbestos removal and disposal activities.

sac> Asbestos has been determined to cause lung cancer, asbestosis and

sac> mesothelioma, a fatal disease. EPA has determined that there is no safe

level of

sac> exposure to asbestos.

sac> More information on asbestos: _http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/_

sac> (http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/)

sac>

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[] New York Air Monitoring Firm, Supervisors Found

Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy

CONTACT:

Kika

_Kika.stacy@..._ (mailto:Kika.stacy@...)

202-564-0906

202-564-4355

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 13, 2010

New York Air Monitoring Firm, Supervisors Found Guilty of Fraud and

Conspiracy

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

Justice Department announced today that a federal jury in Utica, New York

has found Certified Environmental Services, Inc. (CES), two of its managers,

Copeland and Dunn and one of its employees, Sandy ,

guilty of conspiring to aid and abet Clean Air Act violations, commit mail

fraud, and defraud the United States. The defendants were also convicted of

substantive Clean Air Act violations and mail fraud counts. Defendants CES

and Dunn were convicted of making false statements to federal law

enforcement.

“Falsifying asbestos reports and air quality data is a serious crime and

undermines our nation’s efforts to protect human health and the

environment,â€

said Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. " Exposure to asbestos can be fatal and

the

conviction by a jury shows that the American people will not tolerate illegal

activity that puts the public at risk of cancer or other serious

respiratory diseases.â€

“Because of the dishonest and illegal practices of this company, many

people were left unaware for years of their possible exposure to asbestos,â€

said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. “Companies and

employees will be fully investigated and prosecuted when they put the

public’s

health at risk by violating environmental laws.â€

As alleged in the indictment, CES, its employees, and a supervisor from a

former asbestos abatement company, Paragon Environmental Construction,

conspired over the course of nearly a decade to falsify lab results used to

prove that asbestos removal was done properly. In numerous instances asbestos

removal companies represented that homes, schools, and other buildings

were free of asbestos contamination when asbestos debris remained behind.

Owners of local homes and buildings were unaware that asbestos had been left

behind from sloppy abatement work because air quality reports were falsified

by CES. Due to the false lab reports, people that lived or worked in the

buildings were potentially exposed to asbestos, putting them at risk for

developing cancer. EPA investigators have notified affected building owners of

the asbestos problem so proper cleanup can be conducted.

The conspiracy and substantive Clean Air Act and false statements counts

of the indictment each carry a maximum possible term of incarceration of

five years and a fine of $250,000. The mail fraud counts each carry a maximum

possible term of incarceration of 20 years and similar fines.

The conviction is the latest in a series of asbestos removal cases that

EPA and the Justice Department have brought to trial. For example, in June

2010, the owners of Kodiak Construction Service were sentenced to a combined

total of more than 13 years in prison after being found guilty of numerous

asbestos related violations. Another example is the four year sentence

and requirement to provide restitution to victims of more than $850,000 for

the operator of J & W Construction, Inc that violated the Clean Air Act

through illegal asbestos removal and disposal activities.

Asbestos has been determined to cause lung cancer, asbestosis and

mesothelioma, a fatal disease. EPA has determined that there is no safe level

of

exposure to asbestos.

More information on asbestos: _http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/_

(http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/)