- Nikolay Grigorev, 36, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States for his role in an illicit export control scheme to ship electronic components from the United States to companies affiliated with the Russian military.
- Grigorev admitted he conspired to smuggle over $250,000 worth of sensitive American drone technology to Russian companies fueling Putin’s unlawful war against Ukraine.
- Grigorev faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Co-defendants Nikita Arkhipov and Artem Oloviannikov remain at large. Read More