Ex-Chief Of U.S. Military Supplier Goes To Prison For Insider Trading

And fraud. And lying to auditors. And obstruction of justice. Boy did this guy screw up. The U.S. invasion of Iraq combined with the American-led war in Afghanistan provided a great profit opportunity for the body armor manufacturer DHB Industries, which offered the military a needed, life-saving product. David H. Brooks, DHB's founder and then-CEO, took this opportunity to instead inflate his company's value through false claims of larger inventory, squirrel away wealth through falsified tax fo...