Isikhulu sePipeline u-AJ Perri uhlawuliswe i-$100,000 — eyona inkulu eyakha yamiselwa yiNew Jersey Pipeline Commission — waza wavuma ukutshintsha iindlela zakhe zoshishino zobuqhetseba phantsi komyalelo wokuthobela umthetho kwiofisi yommeli-jikelele karhulumente.
Esi sivumelwano sigqitywe kwiveki ephelileyo emva kokuba uphando olwenziwe yiBamboozled lufumanise ukuba inkampani isoloko yenza umsebenzi ongeyomfuneko obiza kakhulu, ikhuthaza abasebenzi ukuba bathengise umsebenzi kwaye isebenzisa amaqhinga okoyikisa abathengi, kuquka ubuxoki bokuba izixhobo zabo zinokuqhushumba nangaliphi na ixesha.
UBamboozled uthethe nabathengi abaninzi, kunye nabasebenzi bangoku nabangaphambili be-AJ Perri, abathethe ngezenzo zokuxhaphaza ezisekelwe kwizakhiwo zokuthengisa ezisekelwe kwikhomishini kunye noxinzelelo lokufikelela kwiinjongo zokuthengisa.
Emva kophando, ibhodi yabalungisi bemibhobho karhulumente yaqalisa uphando lwayo, oluye lwaphumela kwizikhalazo ezivela kubantu abangama-30, abanye babo bavezwa kuphando lwetyala elingekho mthethweni.
Ngokomyalelo wemvume phakathi kwebhodi yabalawuli kunye nomnini-zabelo omncinci uMichael Perry, ingcali yeplamba enelayisenisi u-AJ Perri, inkampani "isebenzise ngokuphindaphindiweyo ubuqhetseba kunye nokuchazwa gwenxa" ngokwaphula uMthetho woQinisekiso lweLizwe oLufanayo.
U-AJ Perri ukwasilele ukugcina ividiyo yalo msebenzi kwaye wabhala iziphumo zawo ezichasene nelayisenisi karhulumente yomgaqo-nkqubo, utshilo umyalelo.
Le nkampani ayivumanga ukuba kukho ukwaphulwa kwesivumelwano sokuhlawula ityala kwaye yavuma ukuhlawula i-$75,000 ngoko nangoko. Isohlwayo esiseleyo se-$25,000 sigcinelwe u-AJ Perri ngokuthobela imiqathango yesivumelwano.
Igqwetha Jikelele uChristopher Porrino uthe iingcali ze-AJ Perri “zisebenzise amaqhinga aqatha nakhohlisayo ukunyanzela abathengi, uninzi lwabo ababesele bekhulile, ukuba bahlawulele ukulungiswa kwemibhobho okungeyomfuneko okanye okungaphezulu kakhulu koko bekufunekayo kunye neentlawulo zenkonzo.”
“Esi sivumelwano asigcini nje ngokubeka isohlwayo esibhaliweyo solwaphulo-mthetho ngenxa yokuziphatha kakubi kuka-AJ Perri, kodwa sikwafuna ukuba inkampani yenze utshintsho olukhulu kwindlela ejongwa ngayo kunye nolawulo lweengcali zayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba abathengi bafumana ukucaca kunye nokuthobela imithetho evela ku-AJ Perri, njengoko umthetho ufuna. Thembeka.” utshilo uPollino.
UMongameli we-AJ Perri uKevin Perry uthe inkampani ibulele ibhodi yabalawuli "ngophando lwabo olucokisekileyo".
“Nangona singavumelani neziphumo zebhodi kwaye sikukhanyela ngokupheleleyo ukuba ishishini lethu likhuthaza, lixhasa okanye likhuthaza nayiphi na indlela yokuziphatha echasene neemfuno zabathengi bethu, siyavuya ukuba ibhodi iyavuma ukuba lo mba kufuneka ugqitywe kwaye sobabini singakwenza oko emva kwethu,” utshilo uPerry kwingxelo ebhaliweyo eya kuBamboozled.
Eli tyala laqala xa umqeshwa u-AJ Perri wamxela kuBamboozled. Umqeshwa owabelana ngee-imeyile zangaphakathi kunye neefoto uthi inkampani ithengise imijelo yamanzi amdaka nge-$11,500 kuCarl Bell oneminyaka engama-86 ubudala xa kwakufuneka ukulungiswa kwindawo leyo kuphela.
Eli bali libangele izikhalazo ezininzi zabathengi malunga neBamboozled, kuquka nosapho lwendoda eneminyaka engama-85 ubudala ene-Alzheimer's. Usapho luthe lucele u-AJ Perry ukuba ayeke ukunxibelelana noyise, kodwa umnxeba waqhubeka waza utata wamkela umsebenzi we-$8,000, athi unyana wakhe akawudingi.
Omnye umthengi uthe ootatomkhulu noomakhulu bakhe, bobabini abakwiminyaka yabo yama-90, babesoyika ukwamkela umsebenzi oxabisa i-$18,000 oza kufuna ukuba bakhuphe umgangatho wabo ongaphantsi komhlaba baze bembe umhlaba obunzulu obuziimitha ezimbini, iinyawo ezingama-35 ukuze batshintshe umbhobho wesinyithi otyumkileyo. Usapho lubuze ukuba kutheni inkampani itshintshe wonke umbhobho kungekuphela nje kwenxalenye apho kufunyenwe khona uvalo.
Abanye baxele ukuba baxelelwe ukuba izixhobo zabo zokufudumeza zikhupha i-carbon monoxide eyingozi kwaye uluvo lwesibini lubonise ukuba oku bekungeyonyani.
I-imeyile yangaphakathi malunga nokutshintshwa kwepayipi kaCarl Baer, inikwe iBamboozled ngabasebenzi be-AJ Perri.
Omnye ubonise ukhuphiswano "lobunkokeli", kwaye omnye ucebise abasebenzi ukuba bagxile kwiifowuni zenkxaso zemihla ngemihla ukuze "bafumane iingxaki ezininzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka ngenkqubo yokufudumeza okanye yokupholisa, banike iingcali ukufikelela kubathengisi bokufudumeza nokupholisa izindlu ngexabiso lenkqubo entsha," utshilo umsebenzi.
“Bavuza abathengisi ababalaseleyo ngeebhonasi, uhambo oluya eMexico, ukutya, njl.njl.,” utshilo omnye umqeshwa. “Abavuzi abangathengisi okanye baxelele abantu ukuba kulungile.”
IKomiti yeMibhobho iqalise uphononongo lwayo ngokumema aba bathengi kunye nabanye ukuba banikele ubungqina phambi kwekomiti.
Ibhodi yabelane ngeziphumo zayo kwisivumelwano, kuquka izikhalazo ezininzi zokuba inkampani ayichazanga kakuhle imeko yokulungiswa kwezixhobo zabathengi “ngokuzama ukuthengisa ukulungiswa okubiza kakhulu.” Ezinye izikhalazo zithi “inkampani isebenzise ‘uxinzelelo’ okanye ‘amaqhinga okoyikisa’ ukuthengisa ukulungiswa okubiza kakhulu okanye okunganyanzelekanga.”
Xa ikhomishini yaqhagamshelana nabameli benkampani ngezikhalazo ezithile zabathengi, yafumanisa ukuba ividiyo yeenethiwekhi ezininzi zabathengi zelindle kunye namanzi yayirekhodwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ngurhulumente, kodwa bekungekho zithombe ziqinisekisa umsebenzi ocetyisiweyo. Kwezinye iimeko, imisebenzi yayicetyiswe ziingcali zeekhamera ezazingenazo ii-plumbers ezineelayisenisi, kwaye inkampani yayingenamiyalelo yokuqinisekisa ukuba ezo ngcebiso okanye iividiyo zibukelwe yi-plumber enelayisenisi.
Igqwetha Jikelele uPollino uthe ngaphambi kokuba kugqitywe esi sivumelwano, u-AJ Perri, ngesicelo sebhodi, wanikela yonke imbuyekezo okanye inxalenye yayo kubathengi abachaphazelekayo. Umyalelo wemvume uthi abathengi abangama-24 ababekhalaza kurhulumente bafumana imbuyekezo epheleleyo okanye inxalenye yayo. Abanye abazange banike u-AJ Perri nayiphi na imali.
“Siyambulela uBamboozled ngokusityhilela oku kwaye sikhuthaza abathengi ukuba bafake isikhalazo nxamnye no-AJ Perri,” utshilo uPollino. “Ulwazi abalunike isebe lusinceda ukuba sithathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo okuyeka lo mkhwa wobuqhetseba kunye nokukhusela abathengi, ingakumbi abantu abadala abasengozini, kwingozi enjalo kwixesha elizayo.”
Ukongeza kwizohlwayo kunye nokukhalinyelwa, esi sivumelwano sibonelela ngokhuseleko olubalulekileyo kumalungelo abathengi abanokuba ngabathengi be-AJ Perri.
Zonke iikhamera zokuhlola imijelo yamanzi amdaka okanye amanzi ziya kugcinwa iminyaka emine kwaye zifumaneke kurhulumente xa kufunyenwe izikhalazo.
U-AJ Perri kufuneka anike iindlela zokudlulisela ulwazi ngokubhaliweyo, kungabi ngomlomo nje kuphela, kwaye abathengi kufuneka basayine le fomu.
Nawuphi na umsebenzi ocetywayo ngumsebenzi wasePerri (umplamba ongenalayisenisi) kufuneka uvunywe ngumplamba onelayisenisi ngaphambi kokuba umsebenzi uqale. Iingxelo ezivela kubaplamba abanelayisenisi nazo mazibhalwe phantsi.
Ukuba urhulumente ufumana isikhalazo kwixesha elizayo, inkampani izibophelela ekunikeni impendulo ebhaliweyo kubathengi nakurhulumente zingadlulanga iintsuku ezingama-30. Umyalelo wemvume uchaza indlela ekufuneka ziphathwe ngayo izikhalazo, kuquka nolamlo olubophelelayo neSebe leMicimbi yaBathengi, ukuba abathengi abanelisekanga yimpendulo yenkampani. Ukongeza, ukwaphulwa kwemithetho kwixesha elizayo okubandakanya abantu abadala kuya kubangela isohlwayo se-$10,000 umntu ngamnye.
“Ndonwabile. Ndiyavuya ukuba urhulumente ubandakanyekile kwaye banemithetho nemigaqo emitsha ekufuneka ilandelwe ngu-AJ Perry,” utshilo uBell, umninimzi owaqala uphando. “Ubuncinane abantu ngoku baguqukile.”
Okumangalisayo kukuba, ngokutsho kukaBaer, uyaqhubeka efumana iifowuni ezivela kwiinkampani, ezifana nezo zilungisa isitovu sakhe.
“Ukucinga ukuba umntu ufuna kwaye angayisebenzisa ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe kufana nolwaphulo-mthetho,” utshilo.
URichard Gomułka, othi u-AJ Perri umxelele ukuba iibhoyila zakhe zikhupha ubuninzi be-carbon monoxide obuyingozi, usincomile esi sivumelwano.
“Ndiyathemba ukuba oku kuya kuyithintela eminye inkampani ekubeni yenze oku nabanye abathengi kwixesha elizayo,” utshilo. “Ndizisola kuba akukho mntu wakha waya entolongweni ngenxa yezi zenzo zobuqhetseba.”
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