Charter jet executive pleads guilty to fraud

[Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charter jet executive pleads guilty to fraud
 
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  
An executive of a charter jet company involved in a crash at Teterboro Airport in 2005 has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Joseph
Singh of Boca Raton, Fla., admitted in federal court Tuesday that he
used unqualified pilots to fly charter customers for Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.-based Platinum Jet Management.

One of those pilots was
flying a commuter plane that failed to take off and slammed into a
warehouse near Teterboro, injuring about 20 people.

Singh faces a maximum prison sentence of five years plus a fine when he is sentenced in October.

Singh was one of six executives and employees of Platinum indicted
earlier this year for fraud and lying to federal investigators. One
pleaded guilty last month and four others are scheduled for trial in
January.

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