On January 15, 2010, Edwardo Alavarado, Senior Project Manager for GSA contractor, Omega Service Maintenance Corporation (OMEGA), appeared in United States District Court/Eastern District of New York (USDC/EDNY), and was sentenced to three years supervisory release; 300 hours of community service; $100 special assessment fee and restitution to be determined within 90 days of sentencing.
Previously, on August 13, 2009, Alvarado pled guilty to a one-count Information charging him with violating 18 USC 1341, Mail Fraud.
On May 5, 2009, Alvarado was arrested without incident by Special Agents from GSA OIG’s Northeast and Caribbean Regional Office, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) OIG, and Investigators with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey OIG, pursuant to an arrest warrant issued on April 27, 2009, charging Alvarado with violating 18 USC 1343, Wire Fraud and 18 USC 1341, Mail Fraud.
This joint investigation revealed a fraudulent scheme by Alvarado to submit concrete test results on construction projects funded by the USPS and GSA that he knew contained false and fraudulent information. As a result, OMEGA received approximately $360,000 in payment from GSA for substandard concrete work on the loading dock renovation at the Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Camden, NJ.
