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WICHITA — A former OSHA inspector from Wichita has been charged in federal court for submitting fake reports, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Douglas W. McComb, 64, is charged with three counts of making false inspection reports while he was working for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in September 2009, October 2009 and March 2010.
The indictment alleges that McComb, while employed as a compliance safety and health officer, filed three reports that said he had conducted an inspection when in fact he had not. Those included:
* Reporting on Sept. 11, 2009, that he conducted an inspection at Cornejo & Sons Construction's work site at 10333 E. 21st in Wichita.
* Reporting on Oct. 6, 2009, that he conducted an inspection at Dondlinger & Sons Construction's work site at I-135 and 47th Street South in Wichita.
* Reporting on March 10, 2010, that he conducted an inspection at Weigel Construction's work site at 19945 W. 161st in Olathe.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count.
A grand jury meeting in Wichita also returned the following indictments:
* Ahmed Ajami Al-Maleki, 40, is charged with knowingly employing an alien who was unlawfully residing in the United States. The indictment alleges that starting in October 2010, Al-Maleki — who recently was indicted for food stamp fraud — hired an employee to work at the Kansas Food Market, 2600 N. Arkansas, and paid her in cash. The indictment alleges Al-Maleki knew that she was not lawfully present in the United States.
* Jose Luis Ramirez-Rico, 31, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of using a dangerous weapon to attack a deportation officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The crime is alleged to have occurred March 17 in Sedgwick County. Ramirez-Rico initially was charged in a criminal complaint filed March 24. The complaint alleged he picked up a box cutter and lunged at an officer who came to his home looking for another man.
* Joel Ruelas-Rios, 47, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported, one count of using false documents to be employed, and one count of making a false statement on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form submitted to his employer. The crimes are alleged have occurred in November 2010 and February 2011 in Sedgwick County.
* Edilberto Figueroa-Cruz, 42, San Jose, Calif., and Abraham Moreno-Ceron, 24, Vancouver, Wash., are charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The crime is alleged to have occurred March 16, 2011, in Thomas County.
* Juvenal Saenz-Ramirez, 36; Miguel Angel Ramirez, 39; Lorenzo Olivas-Cervantes, 40, and Saul Galvan-Estrada, 41, all of Wichita, are charged with drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in October 2008 in Sedgwick County.
