Parts sent to Moscow allegedly found on Ukrainian battlefields
Nikolay Goltsev, a Russian-Tajikistani dual citizen residing in Brooklyn, along with Salimdzhon Nasriddinov and Kristina Puzyreva, both Russian-Canadians, have beenwith wire fraud, smuggling, and conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act over the course of the past year.
While only operating from roughly January 2022 until their apprehension yesterday, the trio managed to send some 300 shipments through SH Brothers Inc. and SN Electronics Inc., a pair of front companies spun up for use in the alleged conspiracy. Valued at more than $10 million, the shipped components included semiconductors, integrated circuits, and other electronics components with dual civilian and military uses.
Components"with the same make, model and part number shipped by defendants … have been found in seized Russian weapons platforms and signals intelligence equipment in Ukraine," the government alleged. Misappropriated US-made parts were found in Russian radio reconnaissance equipment, electronic warfare kits, guided missiles and counter-missile systems, helicopters, UAVs, and tanks, the feds claim.
Russian entities receiving the goods included Radioavtomtika, a Moscow defense procurement firm specializing in procuring foreign-made parts for the Russian military, electronics distributor Testkomplekt, and electronics supplier EKB-Neva, all three of which are on the US's specially designated nationals"Russian companies that sought to acquire particular parts or items from the United States were relayed to Goltsev," the indictment alleges.
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