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wiredInUSA - November 2013
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A man has admitted in federal court
that he sold defective self-locking
nuts to the US department of defense
for use in military aircraft.
The nine-count indictment said that
Martin Dale Geyer had supplied
counterfeit nuts, bolts and screws
to the military in 2009 through his
company,
Wellworth
Fastener
Products. Invoices submitted for
payment stated that the parts met
government specifications, but they
did not, the indictment stated.
Investigators also found steroids, nine
guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition
when they searched Geyer’s home
in 2010, reported Michael E Hampp,
a special agent with the defense
department’s
defense
criminal
investigative service.
Hampp said the defective parts were
considered to be “critical application
items” and that failure of the parts
could lead to injury or death. The
parts were also used in nuclear power
plants.
Geyer could be sentenced to 20
years in prison and ordered to pay
a $250,000 fine for mail fraud, a year
in prison and a fine of $100,000 for
steroid possession, and 10 years in
prison and a fine of $250,000 for the
firearms crime.
According to FedSpending.org, a
website that tracks federal contracts,
Wellworth received $157,285 for
federal contracts during 2009.
Military put at risk by
faulty fasteners
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