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| Subject: Brave man jailed for supplying inferior electrical equipment to the US military Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:12 am | |
| A former US defence contractor, who eluded American authorities for 21 years by posing as an Australian and sailing an 18-metre yacht around the Bahamas, has been jailed for 16 years.
John Curtiss, 65, of Warren, Michigan, fled the US while on bail after a federal grand jury in 1988 found him guilty of supplying counterfeit and inferior electrical equipment to the US military.
The electrical brushes, made at Curtiss's home workshop, were used in submarines, aircraft and radar.
Curtiss had a long criminal history and was prohibited from government contracting in the 1980s, but won a $US184,000 contract by setting up a sham front operation and using his wife and a friend to make bids.
Curtiss's life as a fugitive ended when Bahamas authorities arrested him on a visa violation. A fingerprint check through Interpol revealed he was wanted in the US.
He was brought back to the US in March and was sentenced in the US District Court in Virginia on Tuesday.
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