Bay Components’ President Sentenced for Fraud

Jeffrey Warga, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Conn., to three years of probation, 80 hours of community service and a $10,000 fine for supplying customers with falsely remarked microprocessor chips, many of which were used in U.S. military and commercial helicopters. He was also ordered to no longer sell components to the government or aircraft manufacturers. Warga previously pleaded guilty in December 2014 to wire fraud conspiracy.

Harry Krantz LLC, a New York-based company, bought and sold, among other things, obsolete electronic parts for use by the U.S. military and commercial buyers. In 2005, Krantz entered into a business relationship with Warga, the president and owner of the Rhode Island-based Bay Components. Krantz LLC sold military microprocessor chips to Bay Components, which in turn sold them to a Connecticut company.

The investigation revealed that many of the chips were used in U.S. military and commercial helicopters. The chips were examined and determined not to be the root cause of any mechanical problems experienced by the helicopters to date. The Office of the Inspector General is conducting this investigation with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.