Fla. man accused of illegally supplying Afghans with Chinese-made ammo reaches plea deal

Fla. man agrees to plead guilty in ammo sales case

MIAMI — A man accused in a scheme to illegally ship nearly $300 million in Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghan military has agreed to a plea deal that could send him to prison for up to five years.

Under the deal, prosecutors will drop 84 counts of wrongdoing in exchange for 23-year-old Efraim Diveroli of Miami Beach pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge. He could also be fined up to $250,000.

Diveroli’s AEY Inc. was awarded a $298 million U.S. Army contract to provide the ammunition to Afghanistan. The contract forbade exporting Chinese ammunition, but prosecutors say the company did it anyway and claimed the rounds were from Albania.

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 10.

(This version CORRECTS potential sentence to up to five years in prison instead of two years probation and fine to $250,000 instead of $500,000.)