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Law-breaking Contractor Arraigned in Superior Court
George V. Wattendorf and his East Boston company, G.V.W., Inc., were recently arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court for alleged wage and other violations on numerous public construction jobs in Massachusetts. A total of fifteen counts of prevailing wage, overtime, and payroll records violations as well as two counts of perjury were charged. Perjury charges stemmed from Wattendorf’s alleged misrepresentation on his Division of Capital Asset Management recertification application.
A former G.V.W. employee complaint triggered the investigation by the Attorney General’s Office that uncovered apparent violations at several job sites, including six school projects, and lead to the arraignment.
During the past three years, the Foundation for Fair Contracting of Massachusetts has sent nearly 200 mailings to G.V.W. employees on at least ten different public works jobs. FFCM mailings apprise workers of the legal wages for their work classification on each project and inform them of their rights under the law.
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