Phil Seymour

The founder of a company that reportedly sold thousands of bogus jet engine parts that were fitted in aircraft around the world has been arrested by fraud detectives in the United Kingdom. Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 35, is the founder of AOG Technics, a London-based company that has allegedly sold parts of forged paperwork that have resulted in at least 126 commercial aircraft engines around the world. Officers from the UK's Serious Fraud Office, who have opened a criminal probe into the investigation, arrested him at his home in London on Wednesday. Airlines around the world were forced to ground planes after parts, which were loaded with flawed safety data, were fitted into engines. All of America's major carriers are thought to have suffered for several years.

A Venezuelan former techno DJ who recently married his wife at a lavish wedding in Mallorca is the manufacturer of a company accused of selling bogus jet-engine parts used in aircraft around the world. Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 35, is the founder of AOG Technics, a London-based company that has been found in at least 126 commercial aircraft engines around the world. Leading American airlines, including Delta and United, have been forced to ground planes affected by the tragedy, as well as a global probe to find other aircraft equipped with the suspicious parts. Aircraft in Europe, Australia, and China have also been affected by the pesticide. Images of Yrala's wedding to his wife, Sarah Leddin, 33, in April last year, give the first glance at the elusive businessman after the scandal broke out.

A shadowy businessman who allegedly promoted the company with faked LinkedIn profiles and a 'virtual' office near Buckingham Palace was one of a company accused of selling fake jet-engine parts that have been used in aircraft around the world. AOG Technics supplied parts that had been used in at least 126 commercial plane engines in planes operated by firms such as Delta and United States. The components were allegedly backed up by forged papers, and hundreds of aircraft were grounded for urgent repairs.