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Criminal Investigation | June 26, 2020

Acting U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Belgian Man Charged In $8 Million Aircraft Part Fraud Scheme

DCIS

Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier,” a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier,” a/k/a “Roland Gillier,” a/k/a “Roland Van Gorp,” a Belgian citizen, was extradited today from Italy to the United States. GILLIER was arrested on May 26, 2019, for engaging in a scheme in which he and a co-conspirator fraudulently obtained millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft parts through two aircraft part dealerships that they operated, RTF International, Inc. (“RTF”), and UN Air Service, Inc. (“UAS”). GILLIER is expected be presented this afternoon in Manhattan federal court before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein. GILLIER’s case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman.