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, ...

Skutnik said. The products were touted as Level III and Level IV certified by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research, development and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Justice.

U.S. law enforcement agencies use ballistic-resistant body armor that complies with standards set by the NIJ, and ShotStop marketed their Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and ...

The NIJ said the armor failed its standards test for Level III certification, which means it also would not have passed the more rigorous tests to be labeled Level IV. Prosecutors further allege ...

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 ...