An ci tarar katafaren bututun mai AJ Perri $100,000 - mafi girma da Hukumar Kula da bututun New Jersey ta taba sanyawa - kuma ta amince da sauya ayyukan kasuwancinta na yaudara a karkashin umarnin bin umarnin ofishin babban lauyan gwamnati.
An kammala yarjejeniyar ne a makon da ya gabata bayan wani bincike da Bamboozled ya yi ya gano cewa kamfanin ya saba yin ayyuka masu tsada da ba dole ba, yana karfafa gwiwar ma’aikata da su sayar da aikin da kuma amfani da dabarun tsoratar da abokan ciniki, ciki har da yin karyar ikirarin na’urorinsu na iya fashewa a kowane lokaci.
Bamboozled ya yi magana da abokan ciniki da yawa, da na yanzu da kuma tsoffin ma'aikatan AJ Perri, waɗanda suka yi magana game da ayyukan farauta dangane da tsarin tallace-tallace na hukumar da matsin lamba don cimma manufofin tallace-tallace.
Bayan binciken ne hukumar ma’aikatan famfo ta jihar ta fara nata binciken, wanda a karshe ya haifar da korafe-korafe daga mutane 30, wadanda wasu daga cikinsu sun fallasa a binciken da aka yi da su.
Dangane da odar amincewa tsakanin hukumar gudanarwar da mai hannun jarin tsiraru Michael Perry, mai lasisin aikin famfo AJ Perri, kamfanin ya “yi amfani da ha’inci akai-akai da yaudara” wanda ya saba wa dokar tilasta bin doka da oda.
AJ Perri ya kuma kasa rike faifan bidiyo na aikin tare da rubuta sakamakon binciken da ya saba wa lasisin jihar, in ji umarnin.
Kamfanin bai yarda da wani cin zarafi a karkashin yarjejeniyar sulhu ba kuma ya amince ya biya $ 75,000 nan da nan. Sauran tarar $25,000 an kebe wa AJ Perri saboda bin ka'idojin yarjejeniyar.
Babban Lauyan Janar Christopher Porrino ya ce masu fasaha na AJ Perri "sun yi amfani da dabarar wuce gona da iri don tilasta masu siye, wadanda yawancinsu tsofaffi ne, su biya kudin gyaran famfo da ba dole ba ko kuma fiye da abin da ake bukata da kuma cajin sabis." “.
"Wannan sulhu ba wai kawai ya sanya takunkumin rikodin farar hula ba don mummunar rashin da'a ta AJ Perri, amma kuma yana buƙatar kamfanin ya yi canje-canje masu mahimmanci ga kulawa da kuma kula da masu fasaha don tabbatar da cewa masu amfani sun sami gaskiya da yarda daga AJ Perri, duka doka ta buƙaci. Ku kasance masu gaskiya. "in ji Pollino.
Shugaban AJ Perri Kevin Perry ya ce kamfanin ya gode wa hukumar gudanarwa saboda "binciken da suka yi".
"Yayin da ba mu yarda da binciken hukumar ba kuma muna musanta cewa kasuwancinmu yana inganta, tallafawa ko karfafa duk wani hali da ya saba wa bukatun abokan cinikinmu, mun ji dadin cewa hukumar ta amince da cewa ya kamata a kawo karshen wannan lamari kuma mu biyun za mu iya yin hakan a bayanmu," Perry ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa da ya rubuta ga Bamboozled.
Lamarin ya fara ne lokacin da ma'aikaci AJ Perri ya kai rahoto ga Bamboozled. Wani ma'aikaci wanda ya raba saƙon imel da hotuna na ciki ya yi iƙirarin cewa kamfanin ya sayar da magudanar ruwa akan dala 11,500 zuwa Carl Bell mai shekaru 86 a lokacin da kawai ake buƙatar gyara wurin.
Labarin ya haifar da koke-koken masu amfani da yawa game da Bamboozled, ciki har da dangin wani mutum mai shekaru 85 da ke da cutar Alzheimer. Iyalin sun ce sun bukaci AJ Perry da ya daina tuntubar mahaifinsu, amma kiran ya ci gaba da yin kira, kuma mahaifin ya karbi aikin dala 8,000, wanda dansa ya ce baya bukata.
Wata mabukaci ta ce kakaninta, wadanda shekarunsu suka wuce 90, sun ji tsoron karbar aikin dalar Amurka 18,000 da zai bukaci su kwashe benen su na kasa sannan su tona kasa kafa biyu, zurfin kafa 35 don maye gurbin wani bututun karfe da ake zaton dakakke. Iyalin sun tambayi dalilin da yasa kamfanin ya maye gurbin dukkanin bututun ba kawai bangaren da aka gano toshewar ba.
Wasu kuma sun ba da rahoton an gaya musu cewa kayan aikinsu na dumama suna fitar da carbon monoxide mai cutarwa kuma ra'ayi na biyu ya nuna cewa wannan ba gaskiya bane.
Imel na ciki game da maye gurbin bututun Carl Baer, wanda ma'aikatan AJ Perri suka bayar ga Bamboozled.
Ɗayan ya nuna gasar "shugabanci", wani kuma ya shawarci ma'aikata su mai da hankali kan kiran tallafi na yau da kullum don "nemo matsaloli da yawa tare da tsarin dumama ko sanyaya, ba masu fasaha damar yin amfani da dumama gida da dillalai don farashin sabon tsarin," in ji ma'aikacin.
"Suna ba da mafi kyawun masu siyarwa tare da kari, tafiye-tafiye zuwa Mexico, abinci, da sauransu," in ji wani ma'aikaci. "Ba sa ba wa waɗanda ba su sayarwa ba ko kuma su gaya wa mutane ba shi da lafiya."
Kwamitin bututun mai ya fara bitarsa ne ta hanyar gayyatar wadannan masu amfani da su da sauran su don ba da shaida a gaban kwamitin.
Hukumar ta raba sakamakon bincikenta a cikin yarjejeniyar, gami da korafe-korafe da yawa cewa kamfanin ya ba da cikakken bayani game da yanayin ruwan famfo a cikin "kokarin sayar da gyare-gyaren da ya fi tsada." Wasu korafe-korafen sun yi zargin cewa "kamfanin ya yi amfani da 'matsi' ko 'dabarun tsoratarwa' wajen sayar da gyare-gyare masu tsada ko da ba dole ba."
Lokacin da hukumar ta tuntubi wakilan kamfanin tare da korafe-korafen masu amfani da su, ta gano cewa an nadi bidiyon magudanar ruwa da na kwastomomin kwastomomi da dama don tantancewar gwamnati, amma babu wasu hotuna da ke tabbatar da aikin da aka ba su. A wasu lokuta, ƙwararrun kamara sun ba da shawarar ayyuka da ba su da lasisin famfo, kuma kamfanin ba shi da wani umarni don tabbatar da ko waɗannan shawarwarin ko bidiyoyi masu lasisi ne suka kalli.
Babban Lauyan kasar Pollino ya ce kafin sasantawar, AJ Perri, bisa bukatar hukumar, ya bayar da dukkan ko wani bangare na diyya ga masu amfani da abin ya shafa. Umurnin amincewar ya bayyana cewa jimillar kwastomomi 24 da suka yi korafin jihar sun samu cikakken ko wani bangare na kudaden. Sauran ba su ba AJ Perri wani kuɗi ba.
"Mun gode wa Bamboozled don kawo wannan ga haske da kuma karfafa masu amfani da su shigar da kara a kan AJ Perri," in ji Pollino. "Bayanan da suka ba ma'aikatar sun taimaka mana wajen daukar matakin da ya dace don dakatar da wannan dabi'ar kasuwanci ta yaudara da kuma kare masu amfani, musamman tsofaffi masu rauni, daga irin wannan cutar a nan gaba."
Baya ga tara da tsawatawa, yarjejeniyar tana ba da kariya mai mahimmanci ga haƙƙoƙin abokan ciniki na AJ Perri.
Duk kyamarorin duba na magudanar ruwa ko layukan ruwa za a kiyaye su na tsawon shekaru hudu kuma a ba su ga jihar bayan sun sami korafi.
AJ Perri dole ne ya samar da zaɓukan mikawa a rubuce, ba kawai na magana ba, kuma masu amfani dole ne su sa hannu kan fom ɗin.
Duk wani aikin da ma'aikacin Perri ya ba da shawarar (mai aikin famfo mara lasisi) dole ne mai lasisin ya amince da shi kafin a fara aiki. Magana daga masu aikin famfo masu lasisi dole ne su kasance a rubuce.
Idan jihar ta sami korafi a nan gaba, kamfanin ya yi alkawarin bayar da amsa a rubuce ga masu siye da kuma jihar cikin kwanaki 30. Umarnin yarda ya ba da cikakken bayani game da yadda ya kamata a kula da korafe-korafe, gami da ɗaure hukunci tare da Sashen Harkokin Kasuwanci, idan masu siye ba su gamsu da martanin kamfanin ba. Bugu da ƙari, cin zarafi na gaba da ya shafi tsofaffi zai haifar da tarar $ 10,000 kowanne.
"Na ji daɗi. Na yi farin ciki da gwamnati ta shiga kuma suna da sababbin dokoki da ka'idoji da AJ Perry ya bi," in ji Bell, mai gida wanda ya fara binciken. "Aƙalla mutane yanzu sun tuba."
Abin ban mamaki, a cewar Baer, yana ci gaba da karɓar kira daga kamfanoni, kamar waɗanda ke hidimar tanderun sa.
"Yin tunanin cewa wani yana so kuma zai iya amfani da shi saboda shekarunsa yana daidai da laifin aikata laifuka," in ji ta.
Richard Gomułka, wanda ya yi iƙirarin AJ Perri ya gaya masa cewa tukunyar jirgi yana fitar da adadin carbon monoxide mai haɗari, ya yaba da yarjejeniyar.
"Ina fata wannan ya hana sauran kamfanoni yin hakan tare da sauran masu amfani a nan gaba," in ji shi. "Na yi nadamar cewa babu wanda ya taba shiga gidan yari saboda wadannan ayyukan damfara."
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Rijista ko amfani da wannan rukunin yanar gizon ya ƙunshi yarda da Yarjejeniyar Mai amfani, Manufofin Keɓantawa da Bayanin Kuki, da haƙƙin keɓaɓɓen ku a California (Yarjejeniyar mai amfani da aka sabunta 01/01/21. Manufar Sirri da Bayanin Kuki da aka sabunta 07/01/2022).
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Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-17-2022
