US Company Accused of Selling Flawed Chinese Tech as "Made in USA" to US Military

A Long Island company has been accused of selling Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment with known cybersecurity vulnerabilities as "made in USA" to the United States military. 

It is alleged that since 2006, Aventura Technologies Inc., has been falsely claiming products made in the People's Republic of China (PRC) were manufactured at its headquarters in Commack, New York. 

The security and surveillance equipment company and its senior management team have been charged with fraud, money laundering, and illegal importation of equipment manufactured in the PRC by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. 

Aventura has generated over $88 million in sales revenue since November 2010, $20 million of which came from federal government contracts. 

A statement released by the Department of Justice said: "Aventura imported networked security products from PRC manufacturers with known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and resold them to US military and other government installations while claiming that they were American-made.  

"Aventura similarly deceived private customers in the United States and abroad who paid a premium for what they believed to be American-made goods. As a result, Aventura not only defrauded its customers, but also exposed them to serious, known cybersecurity risks, and created a channel by which hostile foreign governments could have accessed some of the government’s most sensitive facilities." 

Products that Aventura imported from the PRC and then allegedly sold as made in the United States include 25 body cameras sold to the US Air Force in 2018, a $13,500 laser-enhanced night-vision camera purchased by the US Navy in 20 ..

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