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Ohio Business Owner Charged With Selling China-Made Body Armor as Made in US

28 February 2025 6:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

An Ohio businessman has been charged for allegedly importing China-made body armor plates and selling them as American-made goods to many law enforcement agencies in the United States.
Vall Iliev, 69, of Stow, is accused of importing substandard body armor plates through Chinese business associates with whom he conspired, according to a Feb. 26 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
He allegedly instructed his employees to label these products as “Made in Stow, Ohio,” and to affix counterfeit trademarks from the U.S. National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to the Chinese imports. Iliev then sold these rebranded products through his two businesses, ShotStop Ballistics and Vallmar Studios….