Two disaster recovery experts at Hagerty Consulting said Mayor Lamenbus scams New York City's Hurricane Sandy Rescue Fund in 2022 and 2023 as he appointed Mayor Lamenbus to lead reconstruction efforts after the recent wildfires. I pleaded guilty.
Walter Melnick, who was employed as a contractor for Evanston, an Illinois haggerty consulting firm, accused him of making false statements to investigators in 2022, claiming a refund for accommodation he was not entitled. It was done.
Melnick was like that explained While at Hagerty, he “managed New York City's Post Sandy $15 billion recovery program,” in a press release from another company. He has clearly retired from the industry ever since.
Another then-haggerty consultant, Mark O'Mara, was accused of charging more than $250,000 in a refund he was not entitled and attempting to destroy the evidence.
Both pleaded guilty after reaching a judicial agreement.
Melnick was sentenced to one year of home confinement and two more years of probation. O'Mara was sentenced to probation. Both had to repay the total money they had received illegally (over $250,000 each, above $380,000).
press statement A US lawyer for the Southern District of New York in 2022 explained the charges against Melnick.
Since 2013, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York City has received billions of dollars in federal funds to fund Hurricane Sandy-related recovery efforts. The city identified these funds and used them to hire Company 1. [Hagerty] To support Hurricane Sundy Relief (“Sandy Project”). Company-1 hired Melnick as an independent contractor to tackle the Sandy Project.
Between 2013 and 2013 and 2019, while working on Company-1's Sandy Project, Melnick joined two schemes to scam the New York City Office of Management and Budget (“NYC-omb”). . First, between January 2013 and around January 2017, Melnick conspired with at least one other individual (“CC-1”) to make fraudulent documents to NYC-omb via Company-1. I've submitted it. I live in an apartment in New York to get a refund for my accommodation and travel. When Melnick learned that this initial fraud scheme was under investigation, he told CC-1 to lie to law enforcement. Secondly, while working on the Sandy Project between 2017 and 2019, or around 2019, Melnick said that he was a different person in Company-1 (“CC-2”) and his family (“CC–“). Conspired with at least two individuals, including employees. 3”), CC-2 has made a fraudulent refund request for accommodation costs that CC-2 is not eligible for CC-2. The company purchased the property that it used to file it with NYC-omb. CC-2 transferred revenue from this fraudulent scheme to CC-3. Around March 2022, Melnick said this second fraudulent scheme. He made false statements to the government in connection with the plan.
press statement The 2023 US lawyers for the Southern District of New York explained the charges against O'Mara.
Since 2013, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York City (the “city”) has received billions of dollars in federal funds to fund Hurricane Sandy-related recovery efforts. The city identified these funds and used them to hire Company 1. [Hagerty] To support Hurricane Sundy Relief (“Sandy Project”). Company-1 hired O'Mara to work on the Sandy project.
During his time working at Company-1 from at least 2013 and around 2019 or 2019, O'Mara submitted fraudulent information and documents to the New York City Office of Management and Budget (“NYC -omb-omb”) via company-1 to get a refund for accommodation from the city that he knew he was not entitled. Between 2017 and 2017 and 2019, O'Mara, including Walter Melnick, another consultant for Company-1, by mistakenly claiming he resides in an apartment purchased by Merricks individuals. I conspired with people. direction. O'Mara fraudulently obtained more than $250,000 from the city via Company-1 as a result of these schemes.
Additionally, around February 2020, when the city began raising concerns about Company-1's travel refunds, O'Mara smashed related emails and other communications to hide the scam.
Court documents reveal that Hagerty fired O'Mara in response to the charges. However, several colleagues at Hagerty wrote to the court at the ruling stage of the trial, offering their support and explaining their high respect for his work.
Breitbart News reached out to Hagerty for comment. There was no reply.
Los Angeles awarded the contract after a closed-door presentation, discussing the contract to lead the reconstruction. Apparently there were two other bidders. The amount of the Hagerty contract with LA has not been disclosed yet. Los Angeles Times It has been reported Friday.
Chief recovery officer Steve Soborov told Breitbart News last month that there will be a competitive bidding process and will serve as the “owner's representative” for the selected company to oversee the project.
As reported by Breitbart News, Hagerty was founded by Steve Hagerty, former mayor of Evanston, Illinois. .
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