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26. At approximately 3:15pm, Agent Saxton and I interviewed Kurt Johnson. Mr. Johnson stated hehad applied Termidor inside at a Chili’s restaurant in Plainfield, Indiana, Pizza Hut in Rockville,Indiana, and LaQuinta Hotel on Southern Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana. He stated there weresix (6) additional locations but he could not recall the specific locations. Mr. Johnson stated BrianCorcoran suggested 2-3 times that he could “go in with Termidor in a squirt bottle”. Mr. Johnsonstated Brian Corcoran said in reference to Termidor, “Careful use” and “low amounts”. Mr.Johnson stated he did not log Termidor on invoices, or if he did log this application, he would loganother product like “Tempo”.27. On June 14, 2012, at approximately 9:50am, Agent Saxton and I interviewed James Schulz. Mr.Schulz stated he had not used Termidor indoors, not heard of other technicians mis-applying it andnot been told of others using Termidor indoors.28. At approximately 10:20am, Agent Saxton and I interviewed Jay Bailey. Mr. Bailey stated he heardaccusations were made against management. Mr. Bailey stated he has only used Termidor outsideand uses Premise indoors. Mr. Bailey stated Lisa (Farrer) told him there was going to be aninvestigation.29. At approximately 10:55am, Agent Saxton and I interviewed John-Thomas “JT” Lewis. Mr. Lewisstated he had used Termidor inside in several accounts that included:• Steak N Shake in Avon;• Fairfield Inn in Bloomington;• Logan’s Roadhouse in Greenwood; and• A “handful” of Speedway gas stationsMr. Lewis stated he was constantly pressured by Mr. Corcoran and Mr. Harvey to use Termidorindoors on hard to control ant jobs. Mr. Lewis stated that Brian Corcoran told him, “I don’t carewhat you do, use Termidor sparingly inside if you have to” and “You have Termidor use it”. Mr.Lewis said that Brad Harvey applied intense pressure because, “customers are going to cancel, andcorporate is going to be mad!”30. At approximately 12:50pm, Agent Saxton and I interviewed Robert Mummert. Mr. Mummertstated he had never used Termidor. He said he was told that Brad Harvey had been accused of misapplyingTermidor.31. At approximately 2:20pm, Agent Saxton and I interviewed Eric Royal. Mr. Royal stated that BrianCorcoran and Brad Harvey discussed with him using Termidor, “If you have trouble, use it” on“real bad ant calls”. Mr. Royal was a registered technician and was unaware of what a siteassessment fact sheet was.32. On June 19, 2012, I received an email from John-Thomas Lewis describing in more detail hisstatement on June 14, 2012.33. On June 20, 2012, I requested the following information from Peter Tester:• Application records for jobs or locations where ants were present for the followingpeople:11