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[NEW]Galls Inc. Exported Police Equipment to Iran (Mullahs)!

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:22 am    Post subject: [NEW]Galls Inc. Exported Police Equipment to Iran (Mullahs)! Reply with quote

Affidavit Claims Galls Inc. Exported Without a License; Former Employees Allege Shipments to Iran

LEX-18 TV News

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A federal affidavit unsealed today says Galls, Inc. exported and attempted to export crime control commodities around the world. And the document says the Lexington, Ken. company exported the commodities without a proper license.

Special Agent Steven Fisher of the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Export Enforcement says Galls has systematically exported crime control commodities listing the same, invalid license number.

Fisher said no real license exists for the products.

Earlier Friday, a spokeswoman for Galls Incorporated denied allegations by former employees that the company shipped military supplies to Iran.

Galls spokeswoman Kristine Grow told LEX 18 News that "Galls does not ship to embargoed countries."

Two former employees made the allegations of the shipments to Iran after Galls was raided by federal officials Wednesday.

Joe Hainen told LEX 18 News that he often questioned where some of the military supplies were going, especially when some allegedly were sent to Iran.

"I think we did to Iran, yeah," said Hainen. "I questioned it in my mind. You wouldn't get any answers there."

Another former employee, Debbie Rawlins, said management told her not to be concerned about where shipments were going.

"I'd see, like, night vision goggles going over to other countries and I'd be like, why are they sending this stuff over there?" said Rawlins. "Who are these people getting all of this? I'd go to a manager and they would say, 'don't worry about it.'"

Grow that the company is cooperating with federal authorities.

Galls is the world's largest mail-order supplier of uniforms and equipment to public safety professionals, according to its Web site. The site says it distributes equipment such as night vision goggles and bulletproof vests.

The Lexington store has been in business for 35 years. Galls has two other locations in California, according to its Web site.

Associated Press Wire Services Contributed To This Report

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, it seems that someone has decided to come down hard on companies who do (illegal) business with Iran. Here's another news article regarding arms sales to Iran:

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/07/30/iran/index.html


Conn. firm fined for arms sales to Iran

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Diane Scarponi

July 30, 2004 | NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A company paid a $500,000 fine and agreed to federally monitored inspections Thursday for illegally selling helicopter gun mounts that ended up in Iran.

Bridgeport-based Rotair Industries pleaded guilty in May to violating the Arms Export Control Act and other international arms trafficking regulations for exporting the gun mounts and other items.

Prosecutors said Rotair sold the gun mounts to a buyer in Hong Kong in 1998 without the proper permits, who then sold them through a third party to a buyer in Iran.

At Thursday's sentencing hearing, Rotair paid the fine and agreed to five years probation, which involves setting up federally monitored inspections and a plan to prevent such sales in the future.

Prosecutor Robert Appleton said Rotair was notified repeatedly starting in 1991 that it needed proper licenses and needed to improve the way it handled orders for parts.

Rotair attorney William Dow said the company admitted what it did was wrong. He said employees failed to realize that some parts it sold were for military use only and thus banned for export.

Rotair manufactures and refurbishes helicopter parts, including parts for Black Hawk helicopters. Exports make up about 15 percent of the company's business.

The U.S. Army has suspended Rotair from receiving contracts while it considers a complete ban.
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