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November 9, 2012 By AMK

DHS contractor allegedly fixed an airplane with paper clips

Jerry Edward Kuwata, formerly an executive at an airplane repair company with government contracts, pleaded guilty to “recklessly endangering the safety of aircraft,” the Justice Department announced.

Kuwata, a former executive with WECO Aerospace Systems Inc., concealed facts about repairs from customers and did not ensure that repairs were done according to Federal Aviation Administration regulations, said U.S Attorney Benjamin Wagner of the Eastern District of California. WECO’s clients included the Homeland Security Department and the City of Los Angeles.

“This conduct recklessly endangered the safety of aircraft that used the parts repaired by WECO,” Wagner said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2012/11/dhs-contractor-allegedly-fixed-airplane-paper-clips/59201/?oref=nextgov_today_nl

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: contractor performance, DHS, DOT, FAA, fraud, malfeasance

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