Brooklyn Company Indicted for Fraudulent Construction Safety Certifications

A Brooklyn-based company, Valor Security & Investigations, and its executives face charges for issuing fake safety certifications to thousands of workers, including one who died from a fall.

• Valor Security & Investigations and six employees indicted for running a sham safety training program, affecting about 20,000 students.
• The scheme involved issuing fake safety certifications, potentially leading to the revocation of these credentials in the coming weeks.
• Company executives, including the President, Training Director, and General Manager, could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
• The fraudulent certifications were linked to the death of a worker, Ivan Frias, who fell from an Upper West Side building in 2022.
• City officials, including the Manhattan DA and Department of Buildings Commissioner, emphasize the life-and-death consequences of such fraud.

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