This undated image released by the US Army on March 27, 2008 shows loose ammunition atop a pallet in Afghanistan. A defense contractor reportedly led by a 22-year-old has been suspended from doing business with the US government for allegedly supplying Afghan security forces with old Chinese-made munitions in violation of its contract and US law, officials said March 27. Until an investigation has been completed, AEY Inc. and its president Efraim Diveroli, have been suspended from future contracting with any US government agency, according to officials and army documents obtained by AFP. Diveroli was notified in a letter March 25 that he had been suspended because he provided certificates declaring the ammunition was made in Hungary, "when in fact the majority of the ammunition was manufactured in the People's Republic of China between 1962 and 1974," according to the document. Getty Images logo Getty Images 50 months ago

This undated image released by the US Army on March 27, 2008 shows loose ammunition atop a pallet in Afghanistan. A defense contractor reportedly led by a 22-year-old has been suspended from doing business with the US government for allegedly supplying Afghan security forces with old Chinese-made munitions in violation of its contract and US law, officials said March 27. Until an investigation has been completed, AEY Inc. and its president Efraim Diveroli, have been suspended from future contracting with any US government agency, according to officials and army documents obtained by AFP. Diveroli was notified in a letter March 25 that he had been suspended because he provided certificates declaring the ammunition was made in Hungary, "when in fact the majority of the ammunition was manufactured in the People's Republic of China between 1962 and 1974," according to the document.

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