Alexander Shaporov, former president of training school Valor Security and Investigations, pleaded guilty after being charged with selling construction safety certificates and Occupational Safety and Health Administration training cards to about 20,000 untrained individuals, according to Safety+Health magazine.
Shaporov and Valor Security and Investigations each pleaded guilty to one count of attempted enterprise corruption, 10 counts of offering a false instrument and one count of reckless endangerment.
Shaporov is expected to be sentenced Oct. 3 with a promised term of one year in jail, 100 hours of community service and a $100,000 fine. Valor Security and Investigations has lost its security license.
Beginning in December 2019, Valor Security and Investigations arranged with brokers to obtain 40-hour safety cards, supervisor cards and specialized training cards and charged people between $300 and $600 for the fake cards. The cards were sold through April 2023.
In 2022, a New York City worker with fraudulent training paperwork died after falling from the 15th floor of a building under construction.
