![]() ![]() Like in the undercover test, she said Travis called her into a back room and confronted her that she had been caught. When that employer asked that she go to Quest for screening, she went to a local tobacco shop and bought synthetic urine.ĭuring a silhouette interview, the client said she put the sample under her arm to keep it warm, then tried to pass it off as her own urine. She admits she used recreational marijuana within a few weeks of a job offer. That landed her a new job, one she does not want to lose. Her identity is being protected at her request because the $50 payment also resulted in “clear” test results. With our help, she recorded the encounter. Her story also involved her attempts to pass fake urine for a pre-employment test, a “Travis” approaching her and a $50 payment request to alter results. The client approached FOX31 Denver earlier this year after what she described as a “shakedown” happening at the Quest Diagnostics Thornton location. Travis’ confidence, extorting a complete stranger, comes with practice, according to another former Quest client. The undercover tester received notice several days later that the drug panel was “clear” even though no legitimate urine sample was ever provided to Quest. ![]() So good luck (“Thank you.”) with your new job.” Drug test was “clear” He came, he came through literally five minutes before (redacted time).” Undercover tester: “It’s already gone through?” Undercover tester: “This will make me pass?” (Handing Travis a $50 bill on camera.) Travis showed up to accept his money and reiterate his promise that the synthetic urine sample results would not be turned in. Upon arriving at Quest, the tester was instructed to go into a back room. The tester agreed to return with $50 later in the day. I don’t even eat a lemon poppy seed muffin because s*** will register.” It is the number here (50), but that is my fee. Quest tech: “So this is the phone number to this place.” “(Uh-huh.)” … Consider this a, uh … Call it a lifeline if you want, eh?” He handed the tester a Quest Diagnostics specimen card containing two items: A sticker that identified that specific specimen by number and bar code, plus a handwritten note that said “Travis 3)920-5850.” Smirking at his potential target, Travis laid out a plan to the tester: Bring him $50 cash by the end of the day and he would dupe the employer who paid for the test and falsely submit a “clean” sample. Quest tech: “I got military buddies that come in here and they eat edibles like they’re going out of style. Undercover tester: “OK.” Travis at Quest Diagnostics Quest tech: “This is where the corrupt side of me comes into play, all right? … So because … if I send it in … it’ll fail, all right? … Don’t ever bring this in. But Travis made it clear there was a way for the client to hide the true results from any future employer. Moments later, a Quest employee, who identified himself as “Travis,” approached the tester saying he believed the urine sample was suspicious. The tester was wearing a hidden camera and audio recorder. While in the bathroom, a person working with the Problem Solvers poured warmed-up fake urine into the cup and submitted it as genuine. In fact, getting caught started a cascading series of events that allowed us to expose a new way to cheat the system. Getting caught submitting such a sample usually means you flunk, but that was not the case for us. It’s commonly used in an attempt to fake an employment drug test. in Thornton armed with a container of synthetic urine called Quick Fix Urine. Our tester visited Quest Diagnostics at 3250 E. The station’s investigative unit, with the help of human resources and its parent company, Tribune Media, coordinated sending several employees through a normal background check, which includes a typical five-panel drug screen (THC, opiates, PCP, cocaine and amphetamines).Įven though marijuana is legal in Colorado, companies including Tribune Media have the right not to hire or fire employees who test positive for drugs. I’m as clean as they come,” the Quest drug-sample technician said during a recorded sting set up by the FOX31 Problem Solvers. Now the multibillion-dollar company has launched its own investigation to determine how many times that kind of unethical, and possibly illegal, transaction has occurred. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĭENVER - FOX31 Denver has caught a Quest Diagnostics employee on hidden camera offering to falsify drug screening tests in exchange for cash. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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