Federal authorities have charged a Stow man with smuggling body armor plates made in China, then selling them to law ...

Vall Iliev, the immigrant entrepreneur who founded ShotStop Ballistics in Stow in 2015, has been charged with smuggling ...

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, ...

Body armor is commonly used by law enforcement ... were unable to determine the manufacturer’s name. The plates were concealed in pre-packaged boxes within a larger shipping container which ...