On March 17, 2003, RTS Services, Inc., of Fort Worth, TX and
President, Roger T. Sickler, were sentenced in U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Texas, for their convictions in an illegal
kickback scheme. RTS Services, an aircraft parts broker, was sentenced
to three years of supervised probation, and ordered to pay restitution
of $251,862 and a special assessment of $1,200 for its conviction on
one count each of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering. Sickler
was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by three years of
supervised probation, and ordered to pay restitution of $251,862 and a
special assessment of $100 for his conviction on one count of Money
Laundering.

RTS Services and Sickler were convicted on September 20, 2002, after a
jury trial in Fort Worth. RTS Services and Sickler had engaged in a
scheme to pay illegal kickbacks to Marshall Bryant, an employee of
Kollsman, Inc. in New Hampshire, and his wife, Helen Myra Bryant. The
kickbacks were paid in return for aircraft parts repair business that
the Bryants directed Kollsman, Inc. to send to RTS Services. The RTS
Services’ repair work included government contracts with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air
Force, and the Department of Transportation.

Marshall Bryant and Helen Myra Bryant were previously convicted and
sentenced for their roles in the scheme.

Special Agents from the NASA Office of Inspector General, the Defense
Criminal Investigative Service, the Internal Revenue Services Criminal
Investigation Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the
Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General conducted the
investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Frederick Schattman,
Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, handled the prosecution.

For more information on this release, please contact Joseph Kroener,
Acting Executive Officer, NASA Office of Inspector General, at (202)
358-2558.

Previous Releases:

2001-066, 5/08/2001 – Aircraft Parts Contractor Indicted

2002-066, 5/20/02 – Former NASA Contractor Employee Arrested for
Kickbacks and Theft

2003-014, 12/12/02 – Aircraft Parts Supplier Sentenced for Tax
Violations

2003-018, 1/30/03 – Aircraft Repair Station Manager and Wife Sentenced
in Aircraft Parts Scheme