Stephen E. McAnulty, Making False Statements, New York 2007

Former Asbestos Contractor Guilty of Lying to Feds in New York

A former owner of an asbestos monitoring contractor that provided services to New York Presbyterian Hospital has pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents and representatives of the Antitrust Division.

Stephen E. McAnulty, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan for lying about his knowledge of a kickback and fraud conspiracy that took place at NYPH.

According to the charge, on Nov. 20, 2007, during an interview with agents of the FBI and representatives of the Antitrust Division, McAnulty falsely claimed that he was not aware that any purchasing official at NYPH received kickbacks in return for asbestos monitoring and asbestos removal contracts at NYPH.

In fact, at the direction of the owner of an asbestos removal company, McAnulty negotiated the amount of the kickbacks with a purchasing official in order for McAnulty’s company to be the asbestos monitoring company at NYPH. McAnulty understood that the kickbacks to that purchasing official totaled at least $28,000, the government said.

McAnulty is charged with making false statements, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.

McAnulty’s plea is the latest in a series of guilty pleas related to an ongoing federal antitrust investigation of fraud, bribery, tax-related offenses and bidding irregularities relating to contracts administered by the Facilities Operations Department and Engineering Department at NYPH and in the Engineering Department at Mount Sinai.

Anyone with information concerning bid rigging or other fraudulent conduct relating to contracts administered by the Facilities Operations Department at NYPH or the Engineering Department at NYPH or Mount Sinai should contact the New York Field Office of the Antitrust Division at 212-264-9308 or the New York Office of the FBI at 212-384-4467.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-asbestos-monitoring-contractor-pleads-guilty-making-false-statements