Teecht. Possessor Of Russian Import/Export Society Charged Amongst Evading U.S. Export Controls Yesteryear Smuggling Sensitive Electronics To Russian Armed Services Together With Tidings Agencies

NEWARK, N.J. – H5N1 resident together with citizen of Russian Federation was indicted past times a federal grand jury today for his alleged purpose inwards an international procurement network that smuggled over $65 meg worth of electronics from the U.S. of A. of America to Russian Federation inwards violation of export command laws, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Alexander Brazhnikov Sr., 72, of Moscow, is charged past times indictment amongst 1 count each of conspiracy to commit coin laundering, conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States, together with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Brazhnikov Sr. is currently at large.

According to documents filed inwards this representative together with statements made inwards court:

Brazhnikov Sr. was the owner, principal executive officer, together with principal operator of ABN Universal, a privately held Russian microsystem electronics import/export companionship inwards Moscow. His son, Alexander Brazhnikov Jr., 39, of Mountainside, owned together with operated iv New Jersey-based microsystem electronics export companies inwards Carteret, Mountainside, Union, together with Manalapan.

Brazhnikov Sr. together with Brazhnikov Jr. participated inwards a sophisticated procurement network that secretly acquired large quantities of electronic components from U.S. manufacturers together with vendors together with exported those parts to Russian Federation on behalf of Russian delineate of piece of occupation organisation entities authorized to provide those parts to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) together with Russian entities involved inwards the blueprint of nuclear warheads together with other weapons.

As constituent of the scheme, Brazhnikov Sr., through his Moscow business, obtained initial requests for quotes for the U.S.-based electronics components from diverse Russian entities together with sent these requests straight to U.S.-based vendors electronically or to his boy for implementation. Brazhnikov Sr., Brazhnikov Jr., together with others together with therefore used Brazhnikov Jr.’s New Bailiwick of Jersey export companies to buy the electronic components from the U.S.-based distributors together with re-package them for shipment to Moscow.

In gild to obscure the extent of the network’s procurement activities together with avoid filing the necessary export command forms, Brazhnikov Sr., Brazhnikov Jr., together with others routinely falsified the truthful end-users together with value of the components they exported. Each shipment from the U.S. of A. of America was sent to 1 of 12 fake addresses or vanquish locations inwards Moscow established at Brazhnikov Sr.’s direction, re-directed to a primal warehouse he together with others controlled, together with ultimately shipped to the end-users inwards Russia, including the Russian defense forcefulness contracting firms.

The funds for these illicit transactions were obtained from diverse Russian purchasers together with initially deposited into 1 of Brazhnikov Sr.’s primary accounts inwards Russia. In gild to farther conceal the actual customers together with the origin of the funds, disbursements for purchases were together with therefore made through 1 or to a greater extent than unusual accounts held past times vanquish corporations inwards the British Virgin Islands, Latvia, Marshall Islands, Panama, Ireland, England, United Arab Emirates, together with Belize, together with ultimately into 1 of Brazhnikov Jr.’s U.S.-based accounts.

The coin laundering conspiracy accuse carries a maximum potential penalization of twenty years inwards prison theater together with a $500,000 fine. The conspiracy to violate the IEEPA carries a maximum potential penalization of twenty years inwards prison. The accuse of conspiracy to smuggle goods carries a potential penalization of 5 years inwards prison theater together with a $250,000 fine.

Brazhnikov Jr. previously pleaded guilty to his purpose inwards the system together with was sentenced June 30, 2016, to seventy months inwards prison.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited exceptional agents of the FBI, nether the management of Special Agent inwards Charge Gregory W. Ehrie inwards Newark; the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry together with Security, Office of Export Enforcement, nether the management of Special Agent inwards Charge Jonathan Carson inwards New York; together with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, nether the management of Special Agent inwards Charge Brian Michael inwards Newark, amongst the investigation leading to today’s charges.

The regime is represented past times Assistant U.S. Attorney Dean C. Sovolos of the U.S. Attorney’s Office National Security Unit inwards Newark, amongst assistance from Trial Attorney David Recker of the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterintelligence together with Export Control Section.

The charges together with allegations contained inwards the indictment are only accusations, together with Brazhnikov Sr. is considered innocent unless together with until proven guilty.