Ex-DJ jailed in London for selling fake parts to airlines
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Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, a 38-year-old former techno DJ, has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for selling £40m worth of fake aircraft parts to airlines globally. The scam was orchestrated from his home office in Surrey, where he sold over 60,000 parts to companies including American Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Delta, and Ryanair between 2019 and July 2023. Zamora Yrala used forged certificates and created false delivery records to deceive customers, causing estimated losses of £39.3m to airlines. The fraud was discovered in August 2023 after an airline contacted the manufacturer to check the authenticity of a part. The UK, US, and EU aviation agencies issued safety alerts, grounding planes worldwide. Zamora Yrala, originally from Venezuela, had worked in the aviation industry since 2011 before setting up AOG Technics in 2015.
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