Owner of Edmonds asbestos removal company guilty of theft, forgery
BOTHELL — A Bothell man who posed as a licensed asbestos removal contractor and repeatedly put workers and homeowners in harm’s way will do jail time.
Derrick Boss, the owner of Edmonds-based company Above & Beyond Asbestos Removal, knowingly exposed customers and workers to asbestos, according to the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. The agency’s Environmental Protection Division handled the case and filed criminal charges earlier this year.
Boss, 44, pleaded guilty to felony charges of forgery and second-degree theft, four gross misdemeanors, two violations of the Washington Clean Air Act and two counts of contracting without a license. The case was prosecuted in King County Superior Court.
Boss’s criminal conduct included operating his business without a license, forging his former partner’s signature on asbestos abatement certification documents and exposing his workers to asbestos without the proper protective equipment, according to an Attorney General’s Office news release.
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