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Consent Agreement Between Fred A. Leuchter and the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

The following is the text of the consent agreement in which Holocaust denier Fred Leuchter acknowledged that he is not an engineer and nevertheless represented himself as such. A scan of the document is also available. For information on Leuchter's claims see The Chemistry of Auschwitz.


   COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
   
MIDDLESEX, SS
   
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
   
v. Consent
Agreement
   
  Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
   
The Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (the "Board") and Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., do hereby stipulate and agree to the following:

I, Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., do hereby state:

1. that I am not and never have been registered as a professional engineer with "the Board" pursuant to M.G.L. C. 112, a. 81D-T;

2. that while in Massachusetts and while unregistered as a professional engineer, I have:
   
 a. represented myself as an engineer able to consult in areas of engineering concerning execution technology; moreover, I formed a corporation which one of the purposes was to consult in all areas of engineering;
  b. represented myself as Chief Engineer of Fred A. Leuchter Associates, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, in letters to Massachusetts businesses and Federal and State departments and agencies, including Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Ace Surgical Inc., Massachusetts Division of Food and Drug, and the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency;
  c. represented myself as Chief Engineer in letters and proposals I sent to correctional institutions in other states, including, but not limited to, New Jersey and Alabama;
  d. represented myself as Chief Engineer and have rendered engineering opinions in letters and affidavits which I have submitted for filing in state and federal courts outside of Massachusetts; and
 e. produced reports, specifically but not limited to, "An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Gas Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek", containing my engineering opinions. which I have submitted to other individuals and which were subsequently published.
   
I, Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., agree to immediately cease and desist from the following, while I am in Massachusetts and remain unregistered pursuant to G.L. c. 112, a. 81D-T:
   
 1. using in any manner whatsoever the title "engineer",
 2. Offering to practice engineering by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represent myself to be an engineer, or in any other way offer to practice engineering as defined in G.L. c 112 while in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 3. Practicing engineering as defined in G. L. c. 112. s 81D-T while in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 4. Issuing or distributing any reports where I hold myself out as an engineer or alternatively, provide engineering specifically but not limited to "An Engineering Report on the Alleged Execution Gas Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek."
   
I, Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., further agree that in the event I wish to pursue any professional activity within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which comes within the purview of the Board, I will seek the Board's determination as to whether that activity is prohibited by G.L, c, 112, s. 81D-T or this consent decree.
   
 The Board agrees:  
   
 1. that nothing in this agreement shall be used as a basis to preclude or deny any application by Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. to be registered as a professional engineer; and
   
 2. shall use due diligence in considering [the*] such an application of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Agreed and accepted this 11th day of June, 1991.
   
   
(Signed)
 
 Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
 
 
(Signed)
 
J. Harry Parker, Chairman
For the Board
 
 
 
[*stricken in original]
 [Italics=handwritten in original]
   

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