Overview

• Endless Sales Inc. and Octane Forklifts, along with executives Brian Firkins, Jeffrey Blasdel and former executive J.R. Antczak, were named in a federal grand jury indictment.
• The indictment alleges the defendants imported forklifts from China, concealed their origin and falsely represented the equipment as U.S.-made to secure federal contracts.
• Prosecutors say the group worked with an unnamed Chinese national and manufacturer to fabricate undervalued invoices, avoiding more than $1 million in tariffs, duties and fees.
• Counts include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, multiple wire fraud charges and conspiracy to enter goods by false statements, with a separate false‑statement charge against Blasdel.
• The investigation drew on Army CID, DCIS, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, GSA and DHS inspectors general, the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Westminster police, and all defendants are presumed innocent.