David Packouz
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Packouz in 2016
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David Mordechai Packouz February 16, 1982 St Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Residence | Miami |
| Occupation | Former arms dealer, inventor and entrepreneur |
| Criminal penalty | 7 months house arrest |
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to commit fraud against the United States |
David Mordechai Packouz (/pækhaʊs/ born February 16, 1982) is an American former arms dealer, musician, inventor and entrepreneur.
In 2005, Packouz (23 years old at the time) joined Efraim Diveroli (19 years old at the time) in Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. By the end of 2006, the company had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million. In early 2007, AEY secured a nearly $300 million U.S. government contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, millions of rounds for SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, aviation rockets and other munitions. The ammunition that AEY had secured in Albania to fulfill the contract had originally come from China, violating the terms of AEY's contract with the US Army, which bans Chinese ammunition. Packouz was aware that the products were prohibited and would not be accepted, and was instrumental in the covering up of the origins of the ammunition.
Packouz was sentenced to seven months house arrest for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. He is the subject of the 2016 Todd Phillips drama-comedy film War Dogs, in which he is portrayed by Miles Teller. Packouz has a cameo in the film as a guitarist and singer at an elderly home.
Packouz went on to invent a guitar pedal drum machine, the BeatBuddy, and is currently the CEO of music technology company Singular Sound.
Packouz was born in 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Jewish family. He is one of nine children, and the son of Shoshana and Rabbi Kalman Packouz, of the Orthodox Aish HaTorah, who authored the book How to Prevent an Intermarriage. Packouz was a Licensed Massage Therapist at the time of his working at AEY.
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