Pembroke Pines aviation business owner faces fraud charges

Federal prosecutors have charged Alain R. Ruiz, owner of Pembroke Pines-based Premier Aviation Sales, in an alleged scheme involving investor fraud and forged military purchase orders. A grand jury returned a 12-count indictment in September, including charges of aircraft-parts fraud, conspiracy and wire fraud. Ruiz, 58, of Miramar, was being held at the Broward Main Jail Tuesday on a U.S. Marshals Service hold, according to jail records.