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Watchdog: FAA Registry Open to Fraud, Abuse

The Government Accountability Office found the FAA's self-verification system has made it vulnerable to criminal activity.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

March 25, 2020

A lack of transparency and limited verification processes involved in the U.S. FAA aircraft registry have made it vulnerable to fraud and abuse involving money laundering, drug cartels, and other criminal activity, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said today. The government watchdog's results of its investigation into the registry found that the “FAA needs to better prevent, detect, and respond to fraud and abuse risks in aircraft registration.”

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