By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 20 – Ethiopian Airlines Group has been sued for breach and contract and fraud, by Spoleto Corporation.
The complaint was filed on June 18, Juneteenth (observed), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York where Inner City Press found it in the docket.
Spoleto says Ethiopian Airlines was bribed into reneging on selling to Arena Riparian (which assigned its rights to Spoleto) four Boeing 757 airframes and ten Pratt & Whitnet 2040 jet engines.
One of the "stolen" aircraft had been held by the Ethiopian Air Force; "Sirimanne testified that he paid bribes of 'about $50,000 in total.'" A deposition transcript is attached to the Complaint.
The case is Spoleto Corporation v. Ethiopian Airlines Group, 21-cv-5407 (Unassigned)
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