An engineering firm hired by insurers to evaluate damage following the storm is under fire for falsifying field reports to downplay insured loss. (Via Life Health Pro)

An engineering firm that was hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by Superstorm Sandy was charged Monday with illegally altering reports prepared by inspectors in the field. (Via Boston Herald)

A New York engineering firm that was hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by Superstorm Sandy faces charges.  (Via Oroville Mercury Register)

Catastrophes breed controversies. Superstorm Sandy has a raging one involving altered engineering reports. Yesterday, Jeff Moore, a flood insurance executive with one of the largest National Flood Insurance participating insurers, pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked questions regarding those altered reports. (Via Merlin Law Group)

A New York engineering firm that was hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage caused by Superstorm Sandy faces charges that it illegally altered reports prepared by inspectors in the field. An indictment unsealed Monday charges HiRise Engineering and one of the company’s project managers, Matthew Pappalardo, with felony fraud. Pappalardo also faces charges of practicing engineering without a license. (Via CBS6 Albany)