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Office of Inspector General |
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| Title: | Parts Broker Convicted in Kickback Case |
| Date: | September 20, 2002 |
| Type: | Investigation |
| Summary: | Roger Sickler, owner of RTS Services, Inc., an aircraft parts broker located in Hurst, TX, was found guilty of money laundering by a jury in U.S. District Court in Ft. Worth, TX. RTS Services was found guilty of money laundering, conspiracy, and mail fraud. Sickler used his company and a subsidiary company, RTS Rework, a FAA-certified repair station, to defraud customers on aircraft repair work. The scheme involved paying kickbacks to an employee of an avionics company, Kollman, Inc., of Merrimack, NH, to refer work to RTS. RTS performed no work on these parts, instead farming the work out to other repair stations and then charging highly inflated prices for the repairs, which the Kollman employee authorized as necessary. Some of these bills were for repairs to FAA and USCG aircraft. Sentencing has been set for November 2002. FAA has revoked the repair station license for RTS Rework, Inc. This case was investigated jointly by OIG, DCIS, and the FBI. |