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WACO TX FEB 24 2013 The president of a prominent Waco construction management company who was named Wednesday in a sealed felony theft indictment died Thursday from what authorities say is an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The wife of Michael Wayne Jackson, 67, found her husband’s body lying on a couch in his office at CMCT Ltd., 913 Franklin Ave., about 12:30 p.m., according to Justice of the Peace W.H. “Pete” Peterson.
Peterson sent Jackson’s body to Dallas for autopsy.
The official cause and manner of death is undetermined and under investigation, Peterson said, but he confirmed that Waco police think the head wound was self-inflicted.
Jackson was charged Wednesday in a sealed grand jury indictment with two counts of theft of more than $100,000 and two counts of securing execution of a document by deception more than $200,000, sources said Thursday.
The charges stem from allegations that Jackson, who oversaw a multimillion-dollar construction project at Providence Health Network, illegally skimmed $1.9 million from the hospital by filing fraudulent payment applications, according to court documents and sources.
Jackson’s attorney, Rod Goble, declined comment Thursday about the indictment against Jackson or the circumstances of his death.
After learning of Jackson’s death Thursday, the district attorney’s office filed a motion to dismiss the four-count indictment against him, which was issued under seal because he had not been arrested.
Goble declined to say if he and Jackson had made arrangements for Jackson to surrender to authorities on the first-degree felonies that could have been punishable by up to life in prison.
Texas Rangers conducted searches last month at CMCT offices and at Jackson’s China Spring residence.
Officers seized documents and bank statements related to Jackson’s work on the Providence construction projects, laptop computers, file cabinets, an iPad, a cellphone and other records, according to court documents.
According to an affidavit filed by Texas Ranger Jake Burson to support the searches, Jackson and CMCT were hired to oversee construction projects at Providence from March 2006 to July 2011.
An audit by an FBI forensic specialist revealed “serious discrepancies that Jackson, doing business as CMCT Ltd., submitted to (Providence Health Network) and payment applications that subcontractors submitted to CMCT Ltd. for the same work,” Burson wrote.
The audit identified at least 20 payment applications from CMCT that reportedly had been altered or forged to “show that the various subcontractors were owed more money than its subcontractors had actually requested for work done at Providence,” the affidavit states.
The investigation also determined that bank records show CMCT received payments from Providence for the amounts shown on the altered payment applications and that CMCT paid subcontractors the lesser amount due on the subcontractors’ original payment applications to CMCT, Burson alleged.
Andy McSwain, an attorney for Providence, declined to discuss the criminal investigation or Jackson’s death.
“The Providence family is saddened about the circumstances, and their thoughts and prayers go out to the family,” McSwain said.
According to CMCT’s website, the company has been involved in major projects at the Methodist Children’s Home chapel and administration building, Extraco Bank, Robinson High School, Parkview Baptist Church and the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor.
Jackson had a master’s degree in business administration and business management and had owned several commercial construction companies during the past 30 years, according to the company website.
He was a past president of the Central Texas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of Texas, a past state director of the Texas Building Branch of the Associated General Contractors and a former member of the city of Waco Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
Source: wacotrib.com
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