- Four individuals have been arrested, and an indictment and criminal complaint were unsealed in the Eastern District of New York, regarding two separate conspiracies to unlawfully export controlled dual-use technologies to Russia after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- In one case, a Brooklyn resident and two Canadian nationals were arrested for unlawfully sourcing and purchasing millions of dollars worth of dual-use electronics on behalf of end-users in Russia, including companies affiliated with the Russian military. Some of these components matched those found in seized Russian weapons and signals intelligence equipment in Ukraine.
- In a separate case, three individuals were charged with conspiracy and other offenses related to an export control scheme benefiting companies affiliated with the Russian military. They procured dual-use electronic components for entities involved in Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. The defendants used a Brooklyn-based corporate entity to facilitate this illegal scheme. Read More