THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, June 2, 1995 TAG: 9506020609
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Metro Briefs
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
A Virginia Beach company and its officers were convicted Wednesday in federal court of selling counterfeit machine parts to the Navy.
A jury found B&D Electric Co., its president, Edwin H. Brooks Jr., and two officers in charge of daily operations - Stephen K. Brooks and John R. Brooks - all guilty of conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods and two counts of fraud. Edwin Brooks was also found guilty of obstruction of justice, court records show.
The defendants were charged with selling $1.5 million in counterfeit ``motor controls'' that were installed in Navy ships in 1989 and 1990. B&D painted and reworked used surplus parts so that they looked new, court records show.
All will be sentenced on Sept. 6.
KEYWORDS: U.S. NAVY FRAUD COUNTERFEIT GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TRIAL
VERDICT CONVICTION
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