Investigator says he witnessed Testwell fraud

Despite Testwell Laboratories’ claims that alleged fraudulent cement testing documents were the result of clerical mistakes, an investigator from Thatcher Associates said that he saw the safety tests purposefully eschewed at the new Yankee Stadium construction site. Investigator Jim Murphy said that he confronted a Testwell supervisor over the safety tests, and that the supervisor refused to do the tests on the grounds that he was experienced enough to avoid them. “He said he could tell [if the cement was safe] by looking,” Murphy said, according to the New York Post. “He told me he would just make [the test] up.” Testwell is currently standing trial, facing several allegations of fraudulent activity at construction sites throughout the city including at Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower.