European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a Pago 5 aerospace firm pleads guilty to fraud Vii key aircraft parts maker falsified tests Seattle apr Vii corp., the biggest american maker of aircraft bolts and fasteners pleaded guilty Friday to charges that it conspired to falsify test reports for parts installed on several models of military and commercial aircraft. Vii agreed to pay $18 million in penalties and costs and two former employees pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy in the Case part of a continuing investigation of the aerospace Industry. The Case will also result in the largest payout to Date for information provided under the Federal whistle Blower act said . Attorney Mike Mckay. Under the Law three former Vii employees who complained about the phony tests will be entitled to share at least $2.1 million Mckay said. A for at least 14 years Vii intentionally deceived its customers including the . Government a Mckay told a news conference. A Evsi did this to Cut Comers and line its  parts manufactured by Vii Are used throughout the civilian and military aircraft Industry about half its Revenue comes from defense contractors. Falsified reports covered millions of fasteners including parts installed on the by b-2 and b-52 bombers c-5 transport plane and f-15, f-16 and f-18 fighters Mckay said. The fasteners Are used on virtually every Boeing product including civilian airliners said Boeing spokesman Paul Binder. No accidents have been traced to faulty fasteners said assistant . Attorney Bruce Carter who prosecuted the Case. Boeing said it has inspected and tested the fasteners and retested certain lots of materials. It said the company a products met All Boeing specifications and requirements and use of them a has not compromised the integrity of Boeing  Vii a Culver City  subsidiary of Fairchild industries pleaded guilty before . District judge Barbara Rothstein to three counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. The pleas were entered by company executive Donald s. Parker. James e. Ryan a former Quality Assurance manager at a six a Plant in Chatsworth calif., and Aram Marc Rian a former metallurgical lab supervisor there each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. Rothstein set sentencing for aug. 17. Rvan and mar Derian who have agreed to cooperate in further investigations each face up to five years in prison and As much As $250,000 in fines. As part of a plea bargain Vii agreed to pay a $2.5 million Fine and an estimated $1 million for the Cost of the investigation. To resolve a separate civil whistle Blower Case Vii will pay an additional $14.5 million. The three whistle blowers will share 15 percent to 25 percent of that Mckay said. Vii Ryan and Mardrian were charged wednesday. The government alleged that from 1975 or earlier until february 1989, some required tests on parts were omitted test results were altered and parts were reworked in violation of specifications. The government also alleged that Vii gave falsified reports to Boeing Northrop Mcdonnell Douglas Lockheed general electric Pratt amp Whitney the defense department and other customers. The stamp of a fictitious a inspector i 1�?� was used to indicate some tests had been completed successfully the complaint said. Some bolts that failed tests were delivered with documents indicating they met specifications and other required tests weren to performed the complaint said. In other instances tests were performed on fewer parts than required. The mail fraud charges involved phony test results provided to aircraft manufacturers in Seattle Wichita Kan. Fort Worth Texas and los Angeles. Vii will cooperate fully with the government and wants a to put All this behind it Quot Parker said. Parker said senior management at the company did not find out about the fraud until february 1989, when Federal agents raided the California  s pistol packing Landlady confronts foes Atlanta apr Sandra Hartman a pistol carrying Landlady banged on the open apartment door with her .38-caliber automatic and peered in at the litter of cocaine bags and razors lying among broken toys. A maintenance. Anybody Here a she called crunching broken Glass underfoot As she made sure no one was hiding in the apartment. A look at this they be been burning in Here a she said pointing to carpet bums and blackened aluminium cans More evidence of cocaine. A but i could fix this place up this apartment real easy a the cabinets Are still Here and the floors oks for about $5,000.�?� Gordon Valley is 200 Bullet riddled Low Cost apartments in a seedy Section of Martin Luther King or. Drive. Its also the newest Stop on Hartman a daily a and nightly a patrols of her 11 Low Cost apartment complexes. Wearing a bulletproof Vest Hartman evicts drug users and pushers disperses loiter ers and punishes Litterer. She says its the Only Way to keep the a Good  during a visit in december housing Secretary Jack Kemp praised Hartman a anti dog approach to housing. But she says she will lose All her properties unless someone in the government lends a hand. In a City where 20 percent of Low Cost housing is substandard and More than 700 people Are on the Atlanta housing authority a waiting list for openings Hartman has a reputation As a firm but just Landlady. Sandra Hartman with pistol in hand prepares to Check her apartments in Atlanta. Apr Ems. Hartman Shell work with you a said Ann Parks who has lived at Oak Valley court a Complex that won a Federal rental rehabilitation award for a year. �?o1 help though. When they fight out Here 1 talk to both sides to try to Stop it. 1 say this neighbourhood ought to get along  Hartman spends about $10, x 0 a month on 24-hour Security for the complexes. She has fenced in the largest. Overlook Atlanta where tenants say they now feel secure. A one time a lot of Young kids would he hanging around the Corner All Day. And you know what they were doing with their Gold chains on and their cars with the Gold  said Donna Dawson who has lived at the Complex two years. A now the tenants Are real proud at How clean it  Hartman does no to believe she can Stop drug trafficking. The traffic from Overlook Atlanta simply moved across the Street to a convenience store she says. And one dealer a known to tenants As Frog a has managed to elude her. Hartman 41, bought her first Low Cost Complex eight years ago. Three years later she had 1,400 units throughout the City and a 5 percent vacancy rate. Drug related evictions have dropped her occupancy Rale to about 30 percent. She lost her own Home and 122 units to foreclosure this year and Hasni to made mortgage payments on some complexes since january. She expects a response on her request for Federal Aid including a moratorium on Back payments within the month. Without it she says she could lose everything. Fri agents seize property bought with drug Money san Juan puerto Rico apr Fri agents on Friday seized luxury Homes cars and boats bought by residents who went on a spending spree after unearthing $43 million buried on a reputed drug lords farm authorities said. Up far the Fri said it has traced $ 11 million of the $43 million in excavated Cash. Agents also have confiscated millions of dollars Worth of property bought with the treasure in this . Commonwealth. Agents seized the Money and property under a Federal Law that allows the government to take the proceeds of drug trafficking according to an Fri document filed in . District court in san Juan. The Money was found on the 9.7-acre farm of alleged cocaine lord Ramon Torres Gonzalez Fri spokesman Anibal Torres said Friday. A Ramon Torres Gonzalez is a narcotics importer that has been directly involved for Many years in the importation of Multi kilo loads of cocaine into the United states from puerto Rico the Fri court document said. Residents of the area a a sneaked into Torres Gonzalez a farm in Early March and took Money buried in 22 plastic Drums the document said. Fri spokeswoman Alina Bloom said Fri and . Drug enforcement administration agents on Friday seized much of that property from the towns of Vega Baja 35 Miles East of the capital and nearby Dorado and  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 13, 1950 a the big three foreign ministers promised to seek reunification of Berlin through free elections and accused the soviet Union of holding Large numbers of soldiers and civilians from Germany other european countries and japan.30 years ago today. May 13, 1960 a president Eisenhower told a group of Republican congressmen he would not cancel his plans to go to the soviet Union unless Premier Nikita Khrushchev withdrew his invitation.20 years ago today. May 13, 1970 a in a closed door session president Nixon briefed the nations governors on the status of the . Military in cambodia.10 years ago today. E May 13, 1980 a accusing Cuba of an a illegal and unprovoked Quot air attack on a gunboat and a terrifying flyover of a Remote Island town the Bahamas enlisted . Elp in the search for four seamen believed killed in the incident