22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Set To Plead

From the Miami Herald:

A 22-year-old Miami Beach entrepreneur is scheduled to enter a plea to charges of defrauding the U.S. government by allegedly falsifying the origins and age of ammunition intended for Afghanistan.

Efraim Diveroli’s company had a contract to supply the U.S. military with ammunition for forces in Afghanistan. He has been charged along with three others with providing prohibited Chinese-made ammunition and saying it came from Albania.

He is scheduled to be in court Monday.

Diveroli’s company, AEY Inc., was paid more than $10 million for 35 shipments of ammunition that prosecutors say was manufactured in China. Prosecutors contend his company removed markings from containers to hide the fact they were manufactured in China.

Late Update: Efraim Diveroli’s attorney, Howard Srebnick, said in an email this morning that Diveroli will plead not guilty to the charges, and the court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, not today.