Federal authorities have charged a Stow man with smuggling body armor plates made in China, then selling them to law enforcement agencies as American-made goods.

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 ...

According to court records, 69-year-old Vall Iliev, from 2017 to October 2023, allegedly imported body armor from China and sold it under claims of being made in the United States and bearing a ...

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, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio— A Stow business owner is accused of selling counterfeit body armor imported from China to more than a dozen law enforcement agencies, including Akron, Rocky River and Columbus ...