Techno DJ jailed after selling 60,000 fake plane parts to major airlines
Andrew Paul
created: Feb. 24, 2026, 7:30 p.m. | updated: March 4, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
A former techno DJ is in jail after admitting to selling over 60,000 fake airplane parts to commercial airline companies around the world.
To maintain the facade of a real business, Zamora also created fake employee aliases that he used to handle customer correspondences.
Within four years, Zamora and AOG amassed over $9.3 million from sales orders to both manufacturers, as well as prominent commercial companies like American Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines.
AOG’s product listings claimed many of their engine parts came directly from Safran, a legitimate equipment manufacturer based in France.
“This significant and audacious fraud threatened trust in the aviation industry and risked public safety on a global scale,” Luxton said late last year.
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