US gave $300m arms contract to 22y.o. with criminal record, page 1

US gave $300m arms contract to 22y.o. with criminal record

www.guardian.co.uk

The Pentagon entrusted a 22-y.o. previously arrested for domestic violence and having a forged driving licence to be the main supplier of ammunition to Afghan forces at the height of the battle against the Taliban.

AEY, essentially a one-man operation based in an unmarked office in Miami Beach, Fl, was awarded a contract worth $300m to supply the Afghan army and police in January last year. The NY Times reported AEY's president, Efraim Diversoli, 22, supplied stock that was 40 y.o. and rotting..

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It gets worse:

Diversoli appears to have had a lucrative run. He told the newspaper his firm had won contracts worth at least $200m each year since 2004. AEY also supplied weapons to US agencies, and rifles to Iraqi forces.

The article reports that Diversoli scoured former East block nations for arms and ammunition "that were so obsolete that the US and Nato funded programmes to see them safely destroyed."

Yet another data point on our pathetic decline.

www.guardian.co.uk
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reply to post by Britguy

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Agreed, none of this adds up. He had Pentagon contracts worth $200 milion in 2004? He was barely 18 y.o. in 2004, forchrissakes! This is criminally precocious.

reply to post by gottago

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Great find, gottago, star!

Truly amazing, the malfeescence our US gov is involved in! They just don't
care what the rest of us think...

They GOTTAGO ! ! !

Originally posted by gottago
reply to post by Britguy

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Agreed, none of this adds up. He had Pentagon contracts worth $200 milion in 2004? He was barely 18 y.o. in 2004, forchrissakes! This is criminally precocious.

It was his fathers company.. not his.. but he took over. The original company/contracts where actually for paper processing or something like that. The father says that the kid is uncontrollable and essentially hijacked the company.. how he actually got the contract for arms dealing I am clueless.. at least that big of a contract.. there are some massive companies out there that supply the ammo and guns to our troops and allies.. why they chose a punk from Miami I am not sure.. most likely the kid is smart.. what says a 22 year old cannot be a good business man? I am starting my own company, and I am only 21? .. granted.. I don't plan on landing 300m contracts haha.. ah, if only..

Besides, if people high enough in the Pentagon to land this contract where involved.. it would never have been investigated. Most likely he started out sending quality ammo, then decided to increase profit by finding decrepit ammo .. not to unusual when greed comes into play.

reply to post by gottago

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I wish that would have happened to me when I was 22 years old.

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