February 21, 2018
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the owner and CEO of a now-defunct armored vehicle company to 70 months in prison and ordered him to pay $2 million after he was found guilty of fraud for providing armored trucks that didn't meet required ballistic and blast protection standards.
February 14, 2018
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a Virginia federal judge to sentence the CEO of a now-defunct military contractor to more than 11 years in prison for providing faulty armored trucks under federal contracts, arguing the tough sentence is warranted since the fraud endangered lives of American soldiers.
January 24, 2018
A Virginia federal judge declined Tuesday to overturn a jury verdict convicting the CEO of a now-defunct military contractor of fraud for providing faulty armored trucks under federal contracts, saying the government had adequately proven its case.
December 12, 2017
The former CEO of a now-defunct military contractor that provided faulty armored trucks can't transfer to a medical prison for treatment of his prostate cancer and can't shake a filing by prosecutors arguing that the jury rightfully convicted him, a Virginia federal judge ruled Tuesday.
December 04, 2017
The federal government on Monday urged a Virginia federal judge not to set aside a jury's fraud verdict against the former CEO of a now-defunct military contractor for providing faulty armored trucks, saying his conviction was well-backed by evidence.
October 24, 2017
The former CEO of a now-shuttered military contractor argued Monday that his recent conviction on fraud charges regarding about $6.4 million in federal contracts for armored trucks in Iraq was based on insufficient evidence, urging a Virginia federal court to either authorize a new trial or disregard the jury's verdict.
October 10, 2017
A Virginia federal jury found the CEO of now-defunct Armet Armored Vehicles guilty of fraud and false claims Monday in a suit over roughly $6.4 million in federal contracts for armored trucks in Iraq.
October 02, 2017
The government asked a Virginia federal judge on Monday to exclude an armored vehicle company's purported expert, saying it had not been forewarned about the potentially "dubious" testimony in a case accusing the company's owner of criminal fraud related to a $6.3 million federal contract.
September 20, 2017
An armored vehicle company executive accused of criminal fraud related to a $6.3 million government contract asked a Virginia federal judge Tuesday to disqualify evidence provided by the company's former president, saying he improperly withheld from discovery his email correspondence with an FBI agent.
December 14, 2016
An armored vehicle company executive must answer to criminal fraud charges related to substandard vehicles his company allegedly delivered on more than $6.3 million in military contracts, despite his escape from a related False Claims Act case last year, a Virginia federal judge ruled Wednesday.