An Ontario man who owned an armoured vehicle company in Virginia has been convicted for his role in a scheme to provide the U.S. with shoddy equipment for use in Iraq. Armet had contracts worth US$6.4 million to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with 32 armoured vehicles. The contracts had specific requirements for the vehicles, including that each be reinforced to a standard at which an armour-piercing bullet could not penetrate the passenger compartment and ceiling. Prosecutors and the U.S. government alleged that Whyte knew about the defects in the armoured vehicles and in some cases, had authorized them. The armoured vehicles provided adequate protection, he added.

Source: National Post October 20, 2017 01:07 UTC