So if im on the watch list can i get a gov contract too
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo… — Arms dealer AEY Inc. and its 22-year-old president have been on the U.S. State Department's Arms Trafficking Watchlist for years. But that didn't keep them from landing a nearly $300 million Pentagon contract providing ammo to the Afghan Army. AEY... (Submitted by internetjoe) More...
Army suspends Miami company for selling Chinese ammunition
hosted.ap.org — AEY Inc., a firm with just eight employees, is under criminal investigation for reportedly claiming that the munitions were made in Hungary, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. (Submitted by putergirl) More...
Sham start-up contractor received ~ $300 mil from Pentagon
the-peoples-forum.com — Chairman Henry Waxman reviewed the committee’s findings in its investigation of AEY Inc., a start-up contractor that received up to $300 million in Pentagon contracts. AEY’s 22-year-old CEO, Efraim E. Diveroli, was selling shoddy, decades old, Chinese manufactured munitions to US and Afghan forces. (Submitted by withliberty) More...
22-yo's company supplies Iraqi forces with 40-yo ammunition
nytimes.com — AEY Inc., is led by a 22-year-old with no discernible experience in military procurement and has had problems with the law. Nevertheless, they received a $300-million contract to provide Afghan security forces with ammunition, most of it junk. (Submitted by jstohler) More...
Army neglected problems with 22yo arms supplier
rawstory.com — Effraim Diveroli, CEO of Miami-based AEY, Inc., was listed on a State Department watch list, as were other company officials and virtually everyone else involved in providing the ammo to Afghan fighters, according to a House Oversight Committee report. (Submitted by oh2dc) More...
Feds charge 22-year-old Pentagon contractor with procurement
govexec.com — ...the 22-year-old president and owner of AEY Inc., along with three company associates were indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Miami on 71 counts related to the sale of Chinese ammunition through a Defense Department contract... (Submitted by DoDork) More...
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
nytimes.com — AEY Inc., owned by a former Botach Tactical employee, shows how to get in way over your head. 22 year old Efraim E. Diveroli was set up as president by his father. Apparently neither of them had any experience with international small arms trading other than a couple years working at Botach. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Pentagon Contractor Was Criminal Suspect Before Award
washingtonpost.com — AEY Inc., the company run by a 22-year-old Miami Beach arms dealer who was indicted last week for conspiring to defraud the government on a $298 million Pentagon contract in 2007, was on a State Dept. watch list for criminal international dealings the year before that contract was awarded. Shame on him now for getting caught, the ultimate "crime". (Submitted by AlwaysAwake) More...
Feds arrest Miami Beach munitions dealer
miamiherald.com — A 22-year-old munitions dealer and others in his Miami Beach company were arrested on charges of selling prohibited Chinese weaponry to the U.S. government to supply allied forces in Afghanistan, according to law enforcement officials. Efraim Diveroli, president of AEY Inc., and three other employees were arrested Thursday night and Friday. . (Submitted by copmoore) More...
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