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How contractors using a fake Philly address endangered workers and dodged accountability

The companies were fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and sued repeatedly over shoddy construction and work that destroyed neighbors' homes. Then, many of them simply disappeared.

Investigators and process servers looking for any one of two dozen construction companies hit a dead end when they discover the address at 7708-7710 Castor Ave. is actually the Philadelphia English Language Institute.
Investigators and process servers looking for any one of two dozen construction companies hit a dead end when they discover the address at 7708-7710 Castor Ave. is actually the Philadelphia English Language Institute.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer