Owner of Defense Firm Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud DoD of $7 Million, Violate Arms Export Control Act

Ferdi Murat "Fred" Gul, owner of a defense contracting business, has been charged in a scheme to fraudulently acquire lucrative manufacturing contracts with the Department of Defense, and for conspiring to export military technical drawings to Turkey without a license from the State Department, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.