<P> A company Diveroli owns, Ammoworks, continued selling arms while he awaited trial for conspiracy . In late August 2008, he pleaded guilty on one count of conspiracy, and was sentenced to four years in prison on January 4, 2011 . He was further sentenced for possessing a weapon while out on bond and had his overall sentence reduced for assisting in the investigation of the offense . Diveroli's former partner David Packouz was sentenced to seven months' house arrest . </P> <P> The story of Diveroli's arms deals is the subject of the Todd Phillips comedy / drama film War Dogs, starring Jonah Hill as Diveroli and Miles Teller as his partner, David Packouz . In 2016, Diveroli filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., director Todd Phillips, producer Bradley Cooper, and others, seeking to block release of the film . Diveroli's suit against Warner Bros. claimed that the basis for the film was taken from his self - published memoir Once A Gun Runner . </P>

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