NEW YORK -- In a new indictment, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office says a company churned out thousands of construction safety certificates to paying customers, without actually training those construction workers.Prosecutors told CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas the scheme may have had deadly consequences.Construction worker Ivan Frias fell from the 15th floor of an Upper West Side building and died in November of 2022.
Prosecutors say Alexander Shaporov, Valor's president, at one point emailed his staff about safety certification cards and wrote 'Whoever doesn't have OSHA, MAKE ONE UP.'Investigators say a man also texted Richard Marini, Valor's training director, 'How fast could you get me a 40-hour, Richard, if I ordered today?''Tomorrow after 5 p.m.,' came the reply.'You can't do 40 hours of training in under 24 hours,' Bragg said.