CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - For the first time, the Commander at the Defense Supply Center of Richmond (DSCR) is speaking out about an international conspiracy that sent a serial fraudster to prison for life. Those involved say the scam could have put our troops in harms way had it not been caught by the Department of Defense at the Chesterfield County operation. It sounds so much like a movie script, and takes place at a closely guarded site, home to one of Central Virginia's largest employers.

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2. • CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - For the first
time, the Commander at the Defense Supply
Center of Richmond (DSCR) is speaking out
about an international conspiracy that sent a
serial fraudster to prison for life.
• Those involved say the scam could have put
our troops in harms way had it not been
caught by the Department of Defense at the
Chesterfield County operation.
• It sounds so much like a movie script, and
takes place at a closely guarded site, home to
one of Central Virginia's largest employers.

3. • Roger Day has been called a criminal mastermind
and a thief, who tried to rip off the country's
military of $11 million by supplying it bogus and
defective parts. He was convicted last year by a
Richmond jury of multiple counts of wire fraud,
money laundering and conspiracy to smuggle
goods. Day is now serving 105 years in federal
prison.
• Day created fake companies and bid on contracts
at the DSCR. He won nearly a thousand contracts,
worth $4.4 million. He even shipped the
Department of Defense defective products.

4. • "We worked very hard with the justice
department and helping them to prosecute Mr.
Day," says Brigadier General Scott Jansson, the
Commander at the Defense Supply Center. He
says Day's scheme could have directly impacted
our men and women overseas. "If some of those
fraudulent components defective components
that he tried to sell us were ultimately installed in
an aircraft some place it could have resulted in
loss of life or loss of mission support."
• Jansson says the Day case is just one example of
what goes on at the Defense Logistics Agency -
Aviation (DLA-Aviation), which is headquartered
at the DSCR.

5. • The 600-acre site showcases choppers and F-14s.
3,000 people from Metro Richmond work here
and only about 1% of that work force is actually
military. The DLA-Aviation is responsible for
supplying parts for aircraft- including major
weapons systems.
• "We support over 5,000 aircraft worldwide," said
Jansson.
• They don't make the parts for the aircraft here.
They take bids and buy them from contractors
and get them shipped to the troops.
• "We're making sure that they have the right
parts, spare parts at the right times, so they can
keep their aircraft flying," added Jansson.

6. • In 2010, the DLA-Aviation handled more than $4.4
billion in sales. "We feel a real strong affinity for our
customers, particularly the war fighter that's at the
point of the arrow if you will, often in harms way," said
Jansson.
• On top of catching fraud, like the Day conspiracy, DLA-
Aviation also has one more big job: finding ways to
reduce the cost of the parts needed for aircraft.
• They showed NBC12 a generator cooling duct for the
Navy Hawkeye. Each one costs $4,400 to make. Navy
engineers at DSCR figured out a way to make them for
just $500. A door handle for the Blackhawk was also
redesigned by engineers to save money.

7. • "We've ordered 3,500 of these and saved $2.4
million," said former Engineering Director
Karron Small.
• As the military continues its draw down of
troops in Afghanistan, the commander says it
will impact his operation, but he says DLA-
Aviation is not leaving Richmond anytime
soon. He says even in peace time, parts are
needed to keep the military's aircraft flying.
• Roger Day is appealing his sentence and
conviction.