St. Louis asbestos inspector indicted for creating fictitious reports
Calvin Burks, the owner of J & C Environmental Services Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, has been indicted on federal charges for creating fictitious asbestos inspection reports for buildings that were going to be demolished. According to the indictment, Burks created 108 fake inspection reports for building owners and demolition contractors. He charged $150 for each of the reports, which were printed on the letterhead of Precision Analysis Testing Laboratory – but Precision was not involved in any analysis or testing. Burks had copied the letterhead from a previous job and falsified the rest of the information that appeared on the reports, including the sample analysis of material that was suspected of containing asbestos. A federal grand jury indicted him on three felony counts of making false statements and one felony count of mail fraud.
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