Manufacturing Industry

FBI PROBES PREPREG FIRMS.

Plastics News, February, 1999 by Renstrom, Roger

Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation involving manufacturers and suppliers of polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber and preimpregnated materials. Industry sources said Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have visited numerous offices since late January and requested business records and correspondence including electronic-mail messages.

Broad subpoenas have summoned company officials to appear before a grand jury sitting at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The subpoenas do not elaborate on the probe's focus. A public affairs spokeswoman with the Justice Department in Washington withheld comment. The investigation has touched a wide range of advanced-composite-material makers and suppliers. Executives at major players Cytec...

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