I remember a fella on another forum. Just about every week he was doing reviews on material that was unavailable to us civilians.
Peq15's, UTM, UTM-x, etc.
It was fun reading about all this stuff no one could possibly own.
He had a quote:
"Ownership is one thing. Acquiring one legally is another. The second is almost impossible.
Almost... This is absolutely a matter of "who you know." "
Worked for awhile until NCIS and DHS completed their investigation of stolen gear and then showed up at his place. He had been selling excess gear like a mad man, I'm sure there was a clawback and the buyers of such gear lost it as well.
The happy ending most likely was cooperation with law enforcement, loss of funds & gear all to prevent prison time.