NEWARK, N.Y. (AP) -- An executive of a charter jet company involved in a crash at a small New Jersey airport in 2005 has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Joseph Singh, of Boca Raton, Fla., admitted in federal court Tuesday that he used unqualified pilots to fly charter customers for Platinum Jet Management, based in Fort Lauderdale.
One of those pilots was flying a commuter plane that failed to take off and slammed into a warehouse at Teterboro Airport. About 20 people were hurt.
Singh faces a maximum prison sentence of five years plus a fine when he is sentenced in October.
Singh was one of six executives and employees of Platinum indicted this year. One pleaded guilty last month and four others are scheduled for trial in January.
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