Four indicted for selling used aircraft parts as new

A federal grand jury has indicted a man, his two sons and a woman for allegedly running a fraudulent international aircraft parts ring with operations in Ireland and the US.

US Attorney Paul Charlton announced yesterday that Joseph Smith Jr, 67, Joseph Smith III, 43, Thomas Smith, 39, and Cynthia Macaulay, 41, were all being charged in the case and ordered to appear before a federal magistrate on March 3.