Three Arrested in Alleged Conspiracy to Send Unlicensed Microelectronics to Russia
Federal agents arrested a U.S. citizen and two Russian nationals for charges of exporting controlled microelectronics from the U.S. to end users in Russia, without a license, the Department of Justice said in an Oct. 6 press release (here). Alexey…
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Barysheff of Brooklyn, New York, and Dmitrii Karpenko and Alexey Krutilin of Russia, were arrested, and federal agents executed search warrants at two Brooklyn locations alleged to be the “front” companies of “BKLN Spectra” and “UIP Techno” used for illicit shipments. Microelectronics shipped to Russia included digital-to-analog converters and integrated circuits, often used in radar and surveillance systems, missile guidance systems and satellites, DOJ said. The defendants and their co-conspirators provided the U.S. government with false end user information in connection with the purchase of the items, hid that they were exporters, and falsely classified the exported goods on records submitted to the Commerce Department, DOJ said.