Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 38, admitted forging more than 60,000 authenticity certificates for engine parts on his home computer between 2019 and 2023, which cost airlines millions after it was discovered. In sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Simon Picken said Zamora Yrala used several elements of “subterfuge” to defraud his customers. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) found that he had used French company Safran Aerosystems on thousands of authenticity certificates, even though it never sold parts to him. Mr Baloch said: “Zamora identified and exploited the trust that purchasers of aircraft parts placed in the certificates and other documents they received. Zamora Yrala, of Virginia Water, Surrey, was sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment for defrauding AOGs customers and potential customers.

Source: Ethiopian News February 23, 2026 15:58 UTC