Alvaro Mora, a Sewage Treatment Worker for the New York City Department of Environmental (DEP) Protection was charged with one count of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument and one count of Offering a False Instrument for Filing alleged him of submitting a forged letter from his DEP supervisor to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB).
In Mach 2009, Mora’s application for a Site Safety Manager’s license to the DOB was denied because he did not submit the required letters of recommendation from his supervisors. Mora resubmitted his application after allegedly forging a letter on behalf of his supervisor stating that Mora performed and supervised construction work at DEP.
It was further alleged that Mora had forged his supervisor’s signature and was ultimately investigated on after misspelling his supervisor’s name multiple times.
If convicted, Mora faces a maximum penalty of 11 years of imprisonment.