A Stow man has been charged by federal authorities, accused of smuggling foreign-made body armor and falsely claiming it was domestically made and certified.

Vall Iliev's company ShotStop Ballistics LLC was accused of selling bogus armor to the Akron Police Department to outfit its ...

Vall Iliev, the immigrant entrepreneur who founded ShotStop Ballistics in Stow in 2015, has been charged with smuggling Chinese-made body armor that does not meet National Institute of Justice (NIJ) ...

A Stow man has been charged in the United States Northern District of Ohio Court on three counts for smuggling foreign-made body armor.

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, ...

An Ohio man was indicted for importing Chinese body armor, mislabeling it as U.S.-made, and selling it to law enforcement, which failed to meet NIJ standards.

He added that the plate weighs only 500 grams at the NIJ IIIA protection level, while the level IV plate weighs just 1.9 kilogrammes, offering unparalleled protection with minimal weight.

A Stow business owner was charged in federal court or importing body armor made in China and sold as being made in the United States and without federally mandated certifications.

Some of the stickers designated the goods as being “Level III+” or “Level IV+HD” certified ... certification through the National Institute of Justice, the ballistic resistance of ...