In a case arising from allegations of wrongful handling of asbestos-containing floor tile, a federal jury in Dallas has convicted Dallas-area resident Melvin Eugene Riecke II on all four counts of a superseding indictment charging him with Clean Air Act violations, false statements and mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Richard B. Roper.

Riecke is the General Manager of National Converting and Fulfillment Company, based in Ellis County, Texas, and which used to have a facility at 5000 Riser Street/2401 Vinson Street in Dallas where it recycled roofing shingles. The conviction, handed down by the jury late yesterday, followed a four-day trial in federal court in Dallas before United States Chief District Judge A. Joe Fish.

Specifically, the jury convicted Riecke on two counts of failing to comply with federal work practice standards regulating demolition a building containing asbestos and disposing of the resulting waste, one count of false statements to the Texas Department of Health, Toxic Waste Control Division, and one count of mail fraud. Riecke, age 53, of Palmer, Texas, faces a maximum statutory sentence of 25 years imprisonment and a $1.25 million fine. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Fish on November 21, 2006.

U.S. Attorney Roper said,