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, ...

The plate has successfully passed NIJ ballistic testing standards and is awaiting final certification. The company expects the 308 Elite plates be available for purchase in early March as they await ...

Iliev is accused of instructing his employees in Stow to attach the fake labels of “NIJ Certified” and “Made in Stow, Ohio” to the body armor from China. Federal investigators seized and ...

Four Limestone County K9 deputies are set to receive body armor donations in a few weeks. According to the Limestone County ...

Iliev allegedly instructed his employees to affix the fake labels with phrases like "NIJ Certified" and "Made in Stow, Ohio" to the smuggled armor. The NIJ tested the ShotStop-sold body armor ...

Union City, Tenn.–Obion County Sheriff’s Office, TN, K9 Sammie has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a ...

The company marketed its Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and “NIJ Certified.” The National Institute of Justice, or NIJ, is the research, development, and ...

The company marketed their Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and “NIJ Certified.” The National Institute of Justice, or NIJ, is the research, development, and evaluation arm of ...

and ShotStop marketed their Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and “NIJ Certified.” “However, inspectors who examined the intercepted body armor originating from the PRC, found ...

They also say that Lliev instructed his employees to remove the labeling on the body armor and replace it with labels saying they were made in Stow, Ohio, and were NIJ certified (National ...