Federal prosecutors on Friday indicted a Russian national for smuggling US technology to Russia and North Korea.
Federal prosecutors on Friday indicted a Russian national for smuggling sensitive US technology to Russia and North Korea.
In an indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of New York, prosecutors alleged Ilya Balakaev’s US company Radiotester LLC had contracts with the FSB —Balakaev, 47, of Moscow, would repair the devices, which were used as part of counterintelligence operations to sweep for surveillance bugs and transmit covert communications, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged that in 2017, Balakaev started a network of individuals in the US to help him buy equipment to repair the devices — a violation of US sanctions — while working with Kremlin officials responsible for Russia’s communication security and cryptology. Russian national Ilya Balakaev, 47, of Moscow, was indicted Friday for smuggling sensitive US technology to Russia and North Korea.Balakaev also provided US technology to a North Korean government official, violating US sanctions against North Korea.Balakaev allegedly had at least 10 contracts with the FSB military unit, bought some 43 devices in the US, and traveled back and from Moscow, where he lives, to the US about 14 times over approximately four years.
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