Stow businessman admits to selling fake body armor, agrees to pay $32.4 million in restitution
A Stow businessman who admitted to selling fake body armor to police has agreed to pay back $32.4 million in restitution. Vall Iliev, the owner of Shotstop Ballistics, faces a sentencing range of five ...
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Ohio man charged with allegedly smuggling body armor from China to sell to law enforcement customers as American made
Vall Iliev, 69, of Stow, Ohio, has been charged in a three-count information with smuggling foreign-made body armor and then selling it to law enforcement agencies and others, as legitimate, ...
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Feds charge ShotStop founder with smuggling, selling Chinese-made body armor
U.S. law enforcement agencies use ballistic-resistant body armor that complies with standards set by the NIJ, and ShotStop marketed their Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and ...