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The U.S. Justice Department said the scheme involved procurement of radiation-hardened circuits secured without required licenses. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX A federal grand jury has indicted three foreign nationals in connection to a scheme to procure radiation-hardened circuits bound for Russia without required licenses, the justice department announced Friday.
The four–count federal grand jury indictment returned in Austin and unsealed on Friday charges a Russian citizen and two Bulgarian citizens with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), and a money laundering statute in attempts to secure the sensitive radiation-hardened circuits from the U.S. and ship those components to Russia through Bulgaria without required licenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
International trio indicted in Austin for illegal exports to Russia
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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AUSTIN, Texas - Three foreign nationals a Russian citizen and two Bulgarian citizens have been charged in connection with a scheme to procure sensitive radiation-hardened circuits from the US and ship them to Russia without required licenses.
The trio, 48-year-old Russian national Ilias Sabirov, 70-year-old Bulgarian national Dimitar Dimitrov and 46-year-old Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov, have been charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), and a money-laundering statute.
The unsealed indictment alleges the trio used Bulgarian company Multi Technology Integration Group EEOD (MTIG) to receive controlled items from the U.S. and send them to Russia. Under U.S. export control law, the goods could not be shipped to Russia without the permission of the U.S. government, says the US Department of Justi