Former president of international aircraft parts distributor convicted of multi-million dollar fraud

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of Stefan Gillier, a Belgian citizen, for engaging in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over $6 million dollars’ worth of aircraft parts through the use of stopped check payments.  The jury convicted Gillier following a one-week trial before US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. US Attorney Damian Williams said:  “Today’s guilty verdict by a unanimous jury on all counts brings an end to Stefan Gillier’s long con, which began in 2004 and ultimately resulted in his arrest and extradition