GREENVILLE, Mich. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is executing a search warrant at Dicastal North America in Greenville, FBI officials confirmed.
Information is limited at this time due to the documents relating to the warrant being sealed, according to FBI Public Affairs Officer Mara Schneider.
Dicastal manufactures aluminum alloy wheels, with clients like Toyota, Nissan, Ford and other automotive companies. The company was founded in 2014.
Several former employees of Dicastal tell 13 ON YOUR SIDE they believe questionable practices inside the business. Many were not surprised to hear the FBI was there.
13 ON YOUR SIDE has not been able to confirm what prompted the search by the FBI.
"There’s thousands of people between plant one and plant two," said a former employee who did not want to be identified, "It’d suck if they lost their jobs, but at the same the time, they shouldn’t get away with doing what they’re doing."
That former employee also called the whole environment working there "super stressful."
"There were times me and my friends would be crying out on the line, because it was way too much to handle," said the former employee, "Everything about it was horrible."
That same former employee also said they felt scared to speak up over any concerns they had about those questionable practices.
"I want to see justice served to them," they said, "because it serves them right. It really does."
Meanwhile, Jasmine Christensen, another former employee, said she is still working with the company to get her last paycheck after leaving the company more than a month ago.
"It’s not a bad company, it's just they made some bad choices," said Christensen, "I liked the people, I really did, but I didn’t like what they were doing. Safety reasons concerned me."
She said she can think of several reasons why the FBI would be searching, referencing those questionable practices.
However, she feels bad for friends who still work there, and all other employees.
"If it were to shut down, it would impact Greenville a lot," said Christensen.
13 ON YOUR SIDE has also reached out to Dicastal for a comment, but have not heard back.
Greenville is located in Montcalm County, about 33 miles from Grand Rapids.
This is a developing story. Please check back later for updates.
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