Dale Stoffel
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Dale Stoffel was a 1984 graduate of Washington and Jefferson College. Some time after his graduation, he became involved in international arms dealing including an attmept to acquire X-31 missiles from the Ukraine for study by the United States Navy. According to the Zambezi Times, he was a "mysterious arms dealer",[citation needed] and the Australia Daily Telegraph called him "a CIA Operative"[citation needed].
Stoffel had contacts, according to court documents, in Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia and Bulgaria.
He became famous for his relationship with the Makarov pistol, which became referred in gun circles as the "Stoffel Makraov"[attribution needed]. This pistol was sold through his company Miltex. His company Miltex had a relationship with the Bulgarian Arms company Arsenal to market firearms.
Stoffel came into the public eye after he was murdered with Joe Wemple on December 8, 2005. Stoffel and Wemple were reported to have been working on a $40 million dollar project in Iraq for a military facility in Taji which involved the arming of the 1st Iraqi Armored Brigade. Insurgents from the Brigades of the Islamic Jihad claimed they were responsible for the murder.
