Brooks used front company to finance horses, prosecutor says
Quick ReadFederal prosecutor says ex-DHB executive David Brooks used a front company that was listed to his ex-wife to finance a stable of trotting horses in Tennessee.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Former DHB executive David Brooks arrives at court. (June 2009)
A federal prosecutor charged Wednesday that David Brooks set up a front company to illegally siphon off millions of dollars from his body-armor business to pay for his stable of more than 100 trotting horses.
The alleged front company, Tactical Armor Products, or TAP, was ostensibly owned and operated by Brooks' former wife, Terry Brooks, but actually was in the total control of Brooks, Assistant...
