The owner of Ohio-based Shotstop Ballistics LLC has been accused of smuggling defective body armor from Chinese manufacturers and selling it to US law enforcement and the public.
Vall Iliev falsely claimed that Shotstop’s body armor was manufactured in Stow, Ohio, when in reality, he’d been importing the gear from the People’s Republic of China, prosecutors said. He also allegedly lied to consumers when he claimed the body armor’s functionality had been certified by the National Institute of Justice.
Shotstop’s body armor was purportedly certified at Levels III or IV, which are assigned to armor used to protect against severe ...
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