Plea Deal Struck in Helicopter Parts Case (Army UH-60 rotor pins!)

[Barrett808]

Plea Deal Struck in Helicopter Parts Case
By David Rosenzweig, Times Staff Writer

A San Fernando Valley manufacturing company pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling the Army and Air Force substandard rotor pins for their fleets of Black Hawk helicopters.

Under the terms of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Apex Manufacturing Co. of Sun Valley is to pay $793,000 restitution and a $400,000 fine.

The deal is subject to approval by U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow, who set sentencing for Nov. 28.

In exchange for the company's guilty plea to a fraud count, the government also agreed to drop its case, consisting of two fraud charges, against the company's owner, Jack Harootun, 51, of Glendale.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-chopper7sep07,1,2926383.story?coll=la-news-state&ctrack=1&cset=true

[Mairead]

1. The kleptocracy wins another one. Who cares about lives that would

be lost when a sub-standard pin fails in mid-air? Money is what's important!

[tabasco]

2. I spent a lot of time in Blackhawks. I recommend this penalty...

for these traitorous, murderous, criminals: