Indictment Filed Against New York’s Biggest Concrete Testing Laboratory
A grand jury has charged the biggest material testing laboratory in the New York City area and key employees, seven of them professional engineers, with systematically falsifying results and overbilling clients. The alleged crimes took place over the last five years and involved some of the areas biggest projects, including the new Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero in Manhattan.
The grand jury and Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau charged that Testwell Group failed to perform tests, falsified reports and double-billed clients for field work. The company also lacked certification for inspectors it said were certified, according to the charges.