Springs roofer admits forgeries

A Colorado Springs roofing company has paid a $110,000 settlement after allegations that it forged warranties on more than a dozen Air Force Academy roofs in 2007.

Central States Roofing is the oldest commercial roofing company in Colorado Springs, according to its website, and boasts clients such as the World Arena and the Colorado Springs Airport.

The companys owner, Bill Hauschildt, admitted he had forged the warranties and apologized for his actions.

It was me that did it and what I did was wrong and Im paying the price for it and making everything right, he said in an interview with the Gazette Monday. We settled everything and everyone is happy now.

He said he is currently taking an ethics class which will help teach me from not doing that.

According to a complaint filed in federal court on April 18, 2011,Hauschildt originally told investigators that the warranties had been forged by a project manager who he had since fired. The company faced fines up to $10,000 for each warranty that had been forged, according to the complaint.

Central States Roofing received a government contract in 2007 to install roofing systems in more than a dozen buildings on the Air Force Academy. To get final payment, the company had to submit manufacture warranties on the roof shingles, according to the complaint.

Rather than provide valid warranties, which Central States Roofing would have had to pay for, the suit alleges that Hauschildt instead downloaded forms from the internet and forged them to make them look like real warranties and presented the fakes to the academy for payment. The forgeries were discovered when another Air Force contractor contacted the shingles company that had supposedly issued the warranties and discovered that they were fakes.

According to its website, Central States was established in 1924 in the Pueblo area and later expanded into Colorado Springs, where it is now based.

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