Chesterfield Auto Parts Suppliers Charged with Fraud

The owners of a Chesterfield Township company that supplies parts to the auto industry are facing fraud charges stemming from a plastic quality investigation, according to published reports. 

Orman and David Bernhardt of Davalor Mold and their attorney Bob Sheehan did not return calls placed by Patch for comment.

According to the Associated Press, the brothers are accused of using cheaper materials than required in seat belt assemblies and then covering it up with false reports. Sheehan told the AP after the fraud charge was filed Monday that guilty pleas are planned, but that federal regulators tested the parts and there's no safety issue. 

The alleged fraud took place from 2008 to 2010. Davalor Mold works for Tier I auto suppliers that supplies to automakers.

Davalor Mold Corp. is full-service plastic injection molding supplier that's been in business for three decades. The company has a 125,000-square-foot facility on Continental Drive in the township and employs more than 180 people, according to its website.