2 Investigators: Teacher Runs Private Auto Shop Out Of Public School

February 11, 2013 10:12 PM " (CBS) – An auto-repair shop teacher at Benito Juarez Community Academy is accused of using students to run a private repair shop out of the school’s garage.

Dave Savini and the 2 Investigators went undercover and found instructor Jose Valdez cashing in while using public school students as free labor.

“We just took half the engine apart and put it back together,” Valdez told a CBS 2 producer as he described the work he and the students were performing.

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For repairs, Valdez asked for cash or checks written out to him personally. He did not know he was being approached by CBS 2.

Undercover staff members from the station paid him for an air filter and during another appointment gave him a $200 money order to pay for a tune up "

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