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Maintenance Shop Owner Facing Fraud Charges
Previously charged for allegedly stealing from Sebring EAA Chapter.
More charges have been laid against the former treasurer of the EAA chapter in Sebring, Florida. According to court records, Thomas Justin Smith, owner of a maintenance shop called Hendricks Field Aviation at Sebring Airport, was arrested Oct. 22 and charged with grand theft and fraud. The charges stem from his alleged impound of a an aircraft for more than 17 months after it was taken to him for an annual. The owner, Logan Kugler, is alleging the work has not been done and the aircraft is not airworthy until it has been through an annual.
In July, Smith was charged with taking $65,000 from the EAA Chapter and trying to get another $60,000. The court documents alleged some of the EAA money moved through his company accounts. The missing money was discovered by the president of the Heartland Chapter on a routine review of the organization’s accounts. Smith had several customers on the field.
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