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Former Airworthiness Rep Pleads Guilty to Parts Fraud
Edward Carl Fernandez recently pleaded guilty to falsely representing the airworthiness condition of multiple commercial aircraft parts.

In U.S. District Court in Miami, Edward Carl Fernandez pleaded guilty to falsely representing the airworthiness condition of multiple commercial aircraft parts. Representatives from the DOT Office of Inspector General (OIG), with help from the FAA, found that Fernandez would sign airworthiness forms without conducting inspections.