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GE, Safran Find Bogus Parts on More Jet Engines in AOG Probe

CFM International Inc. identified more aircraft engines and forged documents linked to the UK parts distributor behind an alleged scheme to sell aircraft components backed by forged records. An extensive review by the engine-making joint venture of General Electric Co. …

Jet Engine Maker CFM Says Suspect Parts Reached its Own Repair Shops

Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday the number of engines suspected of containing falsely documented parts from a UK distributor had risen to 126, including 16 inside its own workshops after it inadvertently bought them indirectly. CFM, owned …

4 Billion Pieces of Paper Keep Global Trade Afloat but Fraud Fuels Push to Digitize

They are relatively easy to fake. Frequently get lost. And can add huge amounts of time to any journey. Yet paper documents still rule in the $25 trillion global cargo trade with four billion of them in circulation at any …

UK Firm Sold Thousands of Unverified Jet Engine Parts, CFM Says

Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday thousands of engine components may have been sold with forged paperwork by a British distributor, as the fallout from a probe into falsely certified parts reached London’s High Court. Matthew Reeve, a …

Fake Spare Parts Were Supplied to Fix Top-Selling Jet Engine

European aviation regulators have determined that an obscure London-based company supplied bogus parts for repairs of jet engines that power many older-generation Airbus SE A320 and Boeing Co. 737 planes. Manufacturing partners General Electric Co. and Safran SA have been …

3 Companies Fined for Millions of Fake Comments to FCC Opposing Net Neutrality

New York officials reported they have secured $615,000 from three companies that supplied millions of fake public comments to influence a 2017 proceeding by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net neutrality rules. New York Attorney General Letitia James …

Fake Financial Records Are Readily Available as U.S. Hunts for Fraud

For anyone who wants a phony pay stub or doctored tax return, an easy source is just a click away. A website called banknovelties.com claims it can provide “fake bank statements” as well as “fake pay stubs,” “fake utility bills” …