In the United States, 66-year-old Ilya Kan was arrested, accused of exporting “sensitive American technologies” to Russia. About it reported on the US Department of Justice website.
The Ministry of Justice reported that Kan is a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia.
According to court documents, Kahn owns US companies Senesys Incorporated and Sensor Design Association, which develop software and test silicon wafers used for military aviation and space technology.
According to the American investigation, through these companies, Kahn participated in “multi-year schemes” for the acquisition and sale of technology from the United States for the Russian Research and Production Center “Electronic Computing Information Systems” (JSC NPC “Elvis”). The Russian company develops microcircuits for communication systems and telecommunications equipment. From September 2022 the center located under US sanctions due to its “critical role in assisting the Russian military in its invasion of Ukraine.”
“Kahn illegally shipped specialized technology from the United States to a Russian semiconductor manufacturer associated with numerous other sanctioned Russian entities,” the US Department of Justice said in a statement. According to the American department, the export of technology took place before and after the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Justice clarifies that, in particular, in 2019, Kan exported several American-made microcircuits to the Elvis Research and Production Center, and in 2022 he transferred controllers and a radio transmitter to the enterprise through a transport company registered in Hong Kong.
“Each of these products required an export license from the Ministry of Commerce, which Kahn did not obtain,” it added.
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2024-01-19 20:07:00
