Overview
- Sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on February 23, 2026, he also received an eight-year director disqualification with confiscation proceedings to follow.
- Investigators found that from January 2019 to July 2023 AOG sold over 60,000 parts with forged Authorised Release Certificates, largely for CFM56 engines.
- The scheme surfaced after Safran confirmed a fake certificate flagged when a TAP Air Portugal part failed to fit, leading CAA, FAA and EASA to issue safety alerts and prompt temporary groundings.
- Known losses total about £39.3 million, including 28 affected American Airlines engines and 5,627 falsely documented parts sold to Ethiopian Airlines for roughly £1.1 million.
- The SFO detailed doctored documents, fabricated shipment memos and invented staff identities, while a Portuguese investigation into others remains active with three people in custody.