A fraudster who falsified building forms for cash wrote fake emails to incriminate an innocent ex-colleague when under investigation.
Thomas Clarke was handed a suspended jail term earlier this week after admitting to fraudulently signing off dozens of EWS1 forms meant to show lenders that high rise buildings met appropriate standards for their cladding.
Clarke didn’t have the qualifications required to sign off the forms, which were brought in as part of reforms following the Grenfell Tower fire, and instead impersonated his ex colleague Sophie Magee to sign them off for a company in exchange for cash during 2020.
