Stefan Gillier

Stefan Gillier, the former president of RTF International Inc., was sentenced to 84 months in prison for his involvement in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. From 2004 to 2006, Gillier conspired to fraudulently obtain over $6 million worth of aircraft parts from Honeywell International and later from Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions. He used stopped check payments to receive the parts without paying for them, signing checks that were subsequently canceled under false pretenses.

Gillier employed aliases and false representations to carry out the scheme, including claims of misunderstandings with banks and nonexistent finance departments. After some parts were recovered by Honeywell through a civil attachment order, Gillier transferred fraud proceeds into various bank accounts before fleeing to Canada.

Gillier continued his fraudulent activities through a new entity, UN Air Services, Inc., defrauding Pratt & Whitney in a similar manner. He was arrested in Italy in 2019 and later extradited to the United States. In addition to his prison sentence, Gillier was sentenced to three years of supervised release.