Stefan Gillier, Aircraft Part Fraud Scheme, New York 2004
A Belgian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in a $8 million aircraft part fraud scheme.
Stefan Gillier, also known as Stephan Gillier, Stefan R.R. Gillier, Roland Gillier, and Roland Van Gorp, was arrested on May 26, 2019, for his role in the scheme, which involved two aircraft part dealerships he operated, RTF International, Inc. and UN Air Service, Inc.
Gillier, a Belgian citizen, was extradited from Italy to the US and is expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein.
According to the allegations, from 2004 until 2010, Gillier conspired with a co-conspirator to defraud manufacturers and distributors of aircraft parts out of millions of dollars' worth of aircraft parts.
The scheme involved fraudulent companies, phony references, stop orders on checks after they had received valuable parts, lucrative resales, and transferring criminal proceeds from corporate bank accounts to personal bank accounts once a victim company got wise to the fraud.
The scheme resulted in RTF obtaining approximately $8 million worth of aircraft parts without paying for them, and RTF turned a profit when reselling those fraudulently obtained parts to customers for less than the price that Honeywell had charged RTF.
Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said, 'As alleged, from 2004 until 2010, Stefan Gillier conspired to defraud manufacturers and distributors of aircraft parts out of millions of dollars' worth of aircraft parts.'
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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