The owner of a fraudulent construction safety company that faked safety certifications for thousands of workers, including one man who fell to his death from a job site in 2022, has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and other charges and will do a year behind bars, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced.

The company, Valor Security, previously one of the largest companies in New York City for job safety training, came under scrutiny in 2022 after worker Ivan Frias fell to his death from a 15-story Upper West Side building he was working on at 263 West End Ave., at W. 72nd St.

Between December 2019 and April 2023, the company, founded by Alexander Shaporov, certified that 20,000 laborers had each completed 40 hours of courses, according to the district attorney’s offic

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