Company hired to demolish Joplin schools now charged with forgery.
The company first hired to demolish three Joplin schools following the 2011 tornado is now facing felony charges.
Urban Metropolitan Development (UMD) of Atlanta as well as project manager Jennifer Taylor each face 10 counts of felony forgery.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced the charges Tuesday at Joplin City Hall. He says payroll checks were compared with bank statements from the workers, and things didn’t add up.
“Initially there were some errors and some questions that were raised by some of the documents that were turned into the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor then asked some follow up questions to see if we could get straight answers. We didn’t get straight answers and that created a full-blown investigation.”
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