How hard is it to
check a label on a product
(a boot for instance)?
‘Made in America’
(in China)!
“Made in China”!
Well,
if you are the
Department of Defense of the United States of America?
“Pretty
Hard” one might guess?
For it least 6 years
costing tax payers it least $138 million for Chinese boots?
So how else are the
American tax payers helping to fill the Communist country of Chinas Coffers?
Boot maker jailed
for selling the military Chinese-made boots with
‘Made in the USA’ labels
This company
has
been selling to the
Department of Defense of the
United States of America
since 1965!
Six
Months?
Possibly three years?
NOT
ENOUGH!
By: Todd South
The former head of
the leading boot making company of the U.S. military was recently sentenced to
federal prison for fraud after a scheme in which he imported Chinese-made boots
labeled with “USA” to pass off as American-made.
Vincent Lee
Ferguson, 66, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to more than three years
in prison for the contract fraud earlier this month.
The former president
and chief executive officer will join his Wellco Enterprises, Inc. co-workers,
former Senior Vice President of Sales Matthew Lee Ferguson, 41, and former
Director of Marketing and Communications, Kerry Joseph Ferguson, 36, who were sentenced
in June to six months in prison, according to a release from the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Between 2006 and 2012
alone, 'DoD' paid more than $138 million for combat boots.
Ferguson and his
executive team’s Chinese import scheme began as early as December 2008 and
lasted through August 2012, a time in which they sold more than $8.1 million
worth of the fraudulent boots, according to the release.
Under
the Berry Amendment,
U.S. military uniform items must be manufactured in the United States. The company has been the lead boot supplier for the Department of Defense for more than 70 years.
U.S. military uniform items must be manufactured in the United States. The company has been the lead boot supplier for the Department of Defense for more than 70 years.
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