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Body Armor Executives Accused of Lies to Inflate Stock Price

By Securities Docket on January 26, 2010, 7:10 am

Federal prosecutors in New York say two former top executives of the nation’s leading supplier of body armor to the U.S. military lied to push up company stock.

The Associated Press reports that David H. Brooks, the founder and former CEO of DHB Industries, Inc., and Sandra Hatfield, the former COO, are accused of falsely inflating the value of the inventory of DHB’s top product, the Interceptor vest, to help meet profit margin projections.

Authorities allege the scheme propelled the company’s stock from $2 a share in early 2003 to nearly $20 a share in late 2004. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the pair sold several million DHB shares at that time leading to profits for Brooks of more than $185 million and for Hatfield more than $5 million.

Read the full news story from Florida Associated Press and ABC News.

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