A New England father and son convicted of selling substandard titanium resulting in more than $1 million in losses to a pair of East Hartford companies each will spend months in prison, federal prosecutors say.
John J. Palie Jr., 64, of Tiverton, R.I, and John J. Palie III, 43, of Plymouth, Mass., pleaded guilty a year ago in Bridgeport federal court to the fraud offenses stemming from having sold titanium to an aeroparts maker who sold finished parts to East Hartford jet-engine builder Pratt & Whitney Co., the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Palie Jr. will serve 10 months in prison; his son six months. Both also must undergo two years of supervision following their release, authorities said.
As previously reported, each pleaded guilty in June 2018 to two counts of mail fraud.
According to investigators, the elder Palie was owner/CEO of A&P Alloys Inc., a specialty metals vendor in West Bridgewater, Mass. The younger Palie was an A&P manager.
Investigators said both admitted arranging two separate titanium sales in the spring of 2012 to East Hartford aeroparts maker Lewis Machine Co. to use in assembling Pratt engines for Air Force fighter jets but lied to the buyer about the source and quality of the titanium.
Investigators say the victimized companies sustained losses of $1.3 million.
