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I think there is trust in the system because the part came with all the necessary paperwork and everything checks out. In this case the shady parts company was forging certification documents from other manufacturers. That’s going to be hard to catch no matter how effective the system is.
Everything checking out:
"Several of the filings are riddled with typos, including misspelled executive titles and oddly capitalized words that appear to have happened when someone hit caps lock instead of the “A” key."
Yeah, it'll be easy to catch if you actually dig into it, but if you're not given a reason to, it might take a while to catch; which is exactly what happened