ST. LOUIS 鈥 A roofing contractor is suing prominent apartment developers Victor Alston and Sid Chakraverty, alleging the brothers did not pay for emergency repairs following the deadly May tornado.
Instead, Amigo Roofing and Contracting filed last week that Alston, Chakraverty and their construction arm, Big Sur Construction, kept the insurance money 鈥渇or their own personal use and enjoyment.鈥
The St. Peters-based contractor said the developer signed three separate agreements for emergency work at its Chelsea, Hudson and other Pershing Avenue apartments on May 18, just two days after a tornado killed five people and barreled down a nearly 23-mile path from Clayton through the Metro East.
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Alston and Chakraverty did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The brothers last year 鈥 along with their accountant Shijing 鈥淧oppy鈥 Cao 鈥 were indicted for allegedly lying about the use of minority contractors to obtain city property tax breaks. The trio have pleaded not guilty.
Through their development company, Lux Living, Alson and Chakraverty were prolific apartment builders throughout the 果酱视频 region and recently had expanded to Kansas City and Denver.
Their indictments followed an 18-month federal investigation aided by officials in the city鈥檚 economic development agency, 果酱视频 Development Corp., who had grown suspicious of Alston and Chakraverty鈥檚 claims about minority hiring and frustrated over their moves to stymie other city developments they saw as rivals.
Last month, Chakraverty hired the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new lawyer.
