![]() During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation documents were produced to show that federal agencies terminated, withdrew, or canceled at least seven previous contracts with AEY for poor quality or late deliveries. The ammunition that AEY had secured in Albania to fulfill the contract had originally come from China, violating the terms of AEY's contract with the US Army, banning Chinese ammunition.ĪEY had failed to perform on numerous previous contracts, including sending potentially unsafe helmets and failure to deliver 10,000 Beretta pistols to Iraq. government contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, millions of rounds for SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, and aviation rockets. In early 2007, AEY secured a nearly $300 million U.S. By the end of 2006, they had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million. in 2005 Efraim was only 19 years old at the time, while David was 23. Packouz joined Efraim Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. Packouz went on to invent a guitar pedal drum machine, the BeatBuddy, and is currently the CEO of music technology company Singular Sound. Packouz himself has a cameo role in the film as a guitarist and singer at an elderly home. He is the central subject of the 2016 Todd Phillips dramedy film War Dogs. Packouz was sentenced to seven months of house arrest for conspiracy to defraud the United States. As a result of the publicity surrounding the contract and the age of the arms dealers – Packouz was 25 and Diveroli was 21 when AEY landed the ammunition deal – the United States Army began a review of its contracting procedures. Packouz was aware that the products were prohibited and would not be accepted, and was instrumental in the covering up of the origins of the ammunition. The ammunition that AEY had secured in Albania to fulfill the contract had originally come from China, violating the terms of AEY's contract with the US Army, which bans Chinese ammunition. ![]() ![]() government contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, millions of rounds for SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, aviation rockets and other munitions. ![]() By the end of 2006, the company had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million. In 2005, Packouz joined Efraim Diveroli in Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. Former arms dealer, musician, and inventorĬonspiracy to commit fraud against the United Statesĭavid Mordechai Packouz ( / p æ k h aʊ s/ born February 16, 1982) is an American former arms dealer, musician and inventor. ![]()
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