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UK Man Pleads Guilty To Aircraft Parts Fraud
Richard Paul Harper admitted in a plea agreement to switching the fuselages and data plate of a damaged helo and trying to resell it.

The owner and operator of a Tennessee helicopter sales and repair shop pleaded guilty to attempted aircraft parts fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, according to the Court and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general. Richard Paul Harper, a UK citizen and owner of Bristol-based Apple International, admitted in a plea agreement on June 16 that he obtained a helicopter with significant damage to its underbelly and switched its fuselage and data plate with that of one that had crashed in New Jersey.