Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

In light of recent high profile asbestos abatement fraud cases in the New York area, a series of investigations into potential environmental crimes has been launched by Justus Derx, a federal agent who has been a part of over 100 such probes.
The investigations are designed to weed out fraudulent abatement contractors that are putting the [...]

Thousands of schools across the United States still contain potentially lethal asbestos yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that school districts keep that asbestos where it is if it is found to be intact and in good condition or fully encapsulated.    Is the government really doing enough to keep our students safe?
Asbestos is a [...]

Sean P. Doctor, formerly of the Buffalo Bills, currently owns and operates of S.D. Specialty Services of Grand Island, N.Y.—an asbestos abatement contracting company.  Doctor was formally charged with felony violations of the federal Clean Air Act on April 23rd stemming from improper asbestos removal and abatement activities conducted by his business.
Federal regulations strictly mandate [...]

The Colorado Attorney General has indicted the owners of a Denver hotel for unnecessarily exposing employees and hotel guests to unsafe levels of the powerful carcinogen asbestos.  The owner of the Frisco Holiday Inn, Adam Pietraszek, failed to obtain permits and file the proper paperwork with the appropriate agencies when he began a renovation project [...]