Thursday, October 4, 2012

FBI Busts Major Russian Spy Ring That Specialized In Illegally Exporting High Tech Goods To The Russian Military And Intelligence Services


Texas Business Owner Accused Of Being Russian Agent And Selling $50MILLION In Sensitive Military Technology -- Daily Mail

* Alexander Fishenko is accused of using his Houston company, Arc Electronics, to circumvent export rules
* Allegedly sent radar and surveillance systems, weapons guidance systems and detonation triggers s to Russia
* Ten others who worked for Fishenko have also been indicted

A Texas businessman is accused of working as a Russian agent and selling $50million in sensitive military technology to the Russian government.

Alexander Fishenko and ten of his employees were indicted by federal prosecutors on Wednesday on charges they used a Houston-based company to funnel cutting-edge microelectronics out of the country.

Fishenko 46, is a Cold War-era story -- an immigrant from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan who worked for Soviet military intelligence in the 1980s.

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More News On The FBI Busting A Suspected Russian High-Tech Spy Ring

U.S. Says 11 Exported Technology to Aid Russians -- Wall Street Journal
US charges 11 in Russian military exports ring
-- AFP
U.S. breaks up alleged Russian high-tech smuggling network -- Reuters
Feds bust spy ring who smuggled 'cutting-edge' US technology to Russian military since 2008 -- New York Post
Russian Agent Sent Advanced US Military Tech Home: Feds -- ABC News
Eleven charged over 'secret' exports to Russia -- Deutsche Welle
DOJ arrests 11 in alleged illegal export of high-tech goods from US to Russia -- FOX News
Suspected Russian Secret Agent Charged With Trying To Illegally Export American Technology -- Business Insider
U.S. Busts Up Alleged Russian Spy Ring -- RIA Novosti
US court charges 11 Russians with conspiracy to export high-tech electronics -- RT

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