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NEW YORK MAN PLEADS TO ASBESTOS CRIME
Release Date: 10/05/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 2000
NEW YORK MAN PLEADS TO ASBESTOS CRIME
Timothy Carroll of Albany, N.Y., pled guilty on September 22, in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, commit mail fraud and file false and fraudulent income tax returns. The defendant admitted that for eight years as a co-owner of Analytical Laboratories of Albany (ALA) he falsified and permitted the falsification of sample results from AAR Contractors Inc., a large asbestos abatement company. Carroll also admitted that the owner of AAR was a secret 50 percent owner of ALA. New York State asbestos laws prohibit an abatement company from owning a laboratory. The defendant further admitted destroying financial records. Falsification of asbestos abatement tests can create the potential for human exposure to asbestos fibers which, when inhaled, can cause lung cancer, a disease known as “asbestosis,” and mesothelioma, which is a cancer of the chest and abdominal cavities. When sentenced, the defendant faces a maximum of up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, and the New York State Office of the Inspector General with assistance from the New York State Departments of Labor and Health. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
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