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, ...

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The Stateline website reports some states can add criminal penalties when they sentence a person who commits a crime while wearing body armor.

Federal authorities are now urging buyers to stop using the body armor, deeming it substandard. The products were marketed to the public and law enforcement agencies nationwide through a website.