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To: jveritas

Very good advice, jveritas.
We must remain vigilant.


395 posted on 03/30/2009 6:57:30 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: All; Calpernia; jersey117

Many of you may remain this Teterboro, NJ crash:

Platinum Jet co-founders, pilot plead not guilty

Two co-founders of a luxury charter jet company pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of violating federal aviation rules and indirectly causing a 2005 plane crash at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport.

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The Brassingtons, who hail from British Guyana but live in Florida, had their attorneys enter their pleas before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.

Francis Vieira, a Florida-based pilot for Platinum who faces a conspiracy count and 16 counts of making false statements, also pleaded not guilty.

Three other Platinum officials, including co-founder Andre Budhan of North Lauderdale, Fla., pleaded not guilty earlier this month.

Attorneys for the Brassingtons and Vieira did not comment after Wednesday’s arraignment.

The 23-count indictment unsealed in February accuses Platinum of operating without the proper certifications, using unqualified pilots, lying to federal investigators and underreporting the weights of planes in order to load them up with cheap fuel without exceeding prescribed weight limits.

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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9714S3G1.htm


396 posted on 03/30/2009 7:00:30 PM PDT by Velveeta
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