Queens Man Accused of Selling Phony OSHA Certificates

Federal prosecutors have charged a Queens, N.Y., safety trainer for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with selling bogus training certificates to New York construction companies and their workers.U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a news release last week that Junior Marion Lewis, 53, sold nearly 70 OSHA certificates falsely indicating that employees of construction companies had completed 10-hour and 30-hour outreach training sessions.Regulations in force for both the state and New York City require training certification cards for workers on various types of cons...