"The former head of the Long Island company that provided most of the body armor for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan was arrested at dawn Thursday in his Manhattan apartment by FBI and IRS agents on charges of fraudulently looting the company and investors to pay for a lavish lifestyle."
www.newsday.com/business/by-bzdhb1016,0,4691820.story
2007-10-28 15:21:03 · 7 answers · asked by ToYou,Too! 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Check info on Dragonskin. Yes, US body armor is inferior
2007-10-29 17:09:05 · update #1
I can't really remember who made my armor, but I did watch a guy fall off of a five ton, hit a barricade on his way down and cracked his sapi plate along with his nose. Very funny by the way, but scary because he was wearing the same armor I was. Broke from a fall!! Could that stop a round?
2007-10-28 21:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by budweiser79 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well even if he was arrested for fraudulently looting the company, means he took the company profits, where is the information that the items are substandard, also the military traditionally purchase from the low bidder for the contracts,the body armor has to pass a quality control tests before being accepted by the military.
2007-10-29 02:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Vest made by Point Blank saved Myself twice (June 10th,2005, & July 4th, 2005)
Saved Sgt. Tschiderer E101Cav -you saw him on CNN take a slug to the chest, get up and eventually capture the turd who shot him.
Sgt. Wing Har, B1/69 INF shot in the back carrying a dead comrade during an Ambush on Aug7th, 2005
we all were wearing Point Blanks Body Armor
2007-10-29 00:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I want to know which esteemed member of Congress "juiced" the awarding of the contract to this guy's firm. Now I'm going to have to check Newsday's web edition to find out in the future. Sure hope it wasn't one of the more vocal critics of our operations in Iraq.
2007-10-28 23:00:52 · answer #4 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF the body armor works as advertised what does it matter if the boss steals from the company?
2007-10-29 00:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
And this has what to do with the quality of the body armor?
2007-10-29 10:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wait,so the guy put some money in his pocket.Why should our troops care about that?
2007-10-28 22:27:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋