War Dogs Page #9

a partnership agreement,

no prior contract.

Yeah. I have something better

than a partnership agreement.

I have proof.

Before I left Albania, I took everything.

What the f***.

All the documents we forged,

photos of repacking.

- David!

- Repacking?

- He didn't tell you?

- David!

Oh, yeah, we took that money you gave us,

and we bought 100 million rounds

of illegal Chinese ammunition,

then we repackaged it

and sold it to the U.S. Military.

Yeah, and we made

$8 million doing it, a**hole.

Careful, Efraim.

We told Ralph we only made

$3 million on that one.

Wait, what now?

He sends you fake accounting

reports every month.

- Oh, f*** off.

- I make them on my laptop.

Now you're just making sh*t up.

Really? Because I kept everything,

you dumb f***!

I even have copies of the bank statements

that we photoshopped

and sent to the government.

Get the f*** out of here.

I can bury you.

Us.

I think you meant to say,

you can bury us.

Because anything that implicates me,

implicates you as well.

- Efraim, wait.

- No, no, no.

I came here today prepared

to pay you $200,000.

Now I'm not even going to pay

for breakfast.

Oh. What's going on over here? Huh?

Hello?

May I speak with David Packouz?

- Yeah, who's this?

- Hi, David.

This is C.J. Chivers

with The New York Times.

I was wondering if you had a minute

to talk about AEY,

and the alleged repackaging

of Chinese ammunition.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, according to my source,

there's an ongoing investigation

at the State Department.

And I was hoping

to get some clarification...

David, this sounds pretty serious.

Yeah, I know.

Maybe you should call my uncle.

The lawyer.

Oh, my God. Okay.

That's a good idea.

Hey, give me a minute.

I'll meet you guys in the lobby.

You just get a call

from The New York Times?

Yeah.

Me too.

You know, Scarface was on TV last night,

and I was watching it and thinking about

when we were little

and we used to do the lines

from the movie.

You're my best friend, David.

God, I really f***ed this up, didn't I?

I'm sorry, bro.

Wow.

Are you ever not acting, man?

What does that mean?

You just tell me

what you think I want to hear,

because The New York Times called,

and you're freaking out

that I might say something.

Just admit it.

We were never best friends.

You were just playing

the part of my best friend.

Yeah.

Scarface wasn't even on TV last night.

You're such a piece of sh*t.

- F***!

- F*** you.

- F***.

- Little b*tch.

Well, that saves us a trip.

Out of all the illegal sh*t we did,

all the lies we told the government,

in the end, the thing that did us in?

Yes, I'm trying to reach

the Department of Defense, please.

Efraim never paid the box guy.

T o who do you report a crime?

After Enver called the Pentagon,

the State Department launched

a full-scale investigation,

that went on for months.

They busted Ralph at one of his shops

in the middle of a work day.

He was horrified

and couldn't make a deal fast enough.

All that bullshit about him wanting

to mediate a truce between Efraim and I...

It was a setup.

Oh, yeah, we took that money you gave us,

and we bought 100 million rounds

of illegal Chinese ammunition,

then we repackaged it

and sold it to the U. S. Military.

They had us dead to rights.

It was pathetic.

While going through Efraim's computer,

they even found a to-do list that said,

"Repackage Chinese ammo."

The story tonight

that has Pentagon officials scrambling.

How did two 20-something young men

land a big Pentagon contract?

Federal agents arrested

both men last week,

charging them with fraud

for selling outdated, defective

Chinese ammunition

to the Pentagon.

Efraim was charged

with over 70 federal crimes

and sentenced to four years in prison.

I pled guilty and was sentenced

to seven months house arrest.

Congress called the Afghanistan contract

a case study

in all that is wrong

with the government's procurement process.

In 2022, AEY will be eligible once again

to bid on Federal contracts.

How's it going?

It's okay.

If I wanted you dead,

you'd already be dead.

I guess it's going all right then.

Come in.

How's your baby?

It's a girl, right?

Yeah. She's good.

I got three.

All girls.

They tell you it gets better.

That's not true, it gets worse.

That's why I like the arms business.

No women.

I want to apologize about Albania.

I had bad information.

So you stuffed me in the trunk of a car

and shoved a gun in my face by mistake?

Yeah.

I'm not a bad man,

but in certain situations,

I have to ask myself,

what would a bad man do?

I appreciate you leaving my name

out of your testimony.

I didn't really see

a reason to include it.

Yeah, but still.

Can I ask you a question?

Sure.

When we met in Vegas

at the blackjack table,

was that a coincidence?

What do you think?

Can I ask you another question?

My driver in Albania went missing.

Do you know what happened to him?

It's a piece of my end on the Afghan deal.

It's for you.

No more questions.

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