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Litigation

Mar. 1, 2011

Military Goggle Makers Acquitted

A federal judge entered a judgment of acquittal for two men accused of defrauding the U.S. government in a contract to supply night vision goggles to the Iraqi Army.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two men charged with defrauding the U.S. government in a contract to supply night vision goggles to the Iraqi Army won a judgment of acquittal Thursday from U.S. District Judge Marilyn H. Patel. The judge had provisionally granted an acquittal for the men last month before the jury had a chance to deliberate. In her formal order Thursday, Patel found the government had violated the men's rights by shifting...

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