Summary

During the week of August 15th, two former aircraft mechanics were sentenced in an ongoing investigation involving contract employees of Triad International Maintenance Corporation (TIMCO), an FAA-certificated repair station in Greensboro, NC. On August 9, Hugo A. Obregon was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Greensboro to two years probation and assessed $100 for making false statements to the FAA on an application for Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate. Obregon falsely represented on the A&P certificate application that he met requisite training and experience. Had Obregon been successful in obtaining an A&P certificate, his subsequent work on commercial aircraft could have endangered the flying public.

On August 10, Alarcon-Dias was sentenced to four months time served in prison and assessed $100 for falsifying documents stating that he was a U.S. citizen. Deportation proceedings are pending. Dias was detained on March 8, 2005 as part of a large-scale federal arrest operation of alleged illegal aliens, and pled guilty on May 4, 2005.