Brooklyn resident, two Russian nationals arrested in connection with scheme to illegally export controlled technology to Russia
Defendants Used Brooklyn-Based Front Companies to Procure Sophisticated Military and Satellite Technology on Behalf of Russian End-Users
On Thursday, Alexey Barysheff of Brooklyn, a naturalized citizen of the United States, was arrested on federal charges of illegally exporting controlled technology from the United States to end-users in Russia. Simultaneously, two Russian nationals, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Karpenko and Alexey Krutilin, were arrested in Denver on charges of conspiring with Barysheff and others in the scheme. Federal agents also executed search warrants at two Brooklyn locations that were allegedly used as front companies in Barysheff’s illegal scheme.
Barysheff made his initial appearance Thursday at the United States Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann. Karpenko and Krutilin made their initial appearances at the United States Courthouse in Denver, Colorado, where the government will seek their removal in custody to the Eastern District of New York.
The arrests and charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin; U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers of the Eastern District of New York; Special Agent in Charge Angel M. Melendez, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York Field Office; FBI Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr., New York Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Carson, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement, New York Field Office; and Craig Rupert, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, North East Field Office.