US EditionWisconsin man pleads guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, JUL 29 – Andrew Pogosyan used his company to illegally export lab equipment to Russian firms linked to military chemical research, violating U.S. sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Andrew Pogosyan, a 68-year-old Russian-born U.S. citizen living in Madison, pleaded guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.
- Pogosyan did not obtain the required licenses and tried to conceal the exports' destination by sending them to third-party countries like Kazakhstan and Turkey.
- Pogosyan faces up to 35 years in prison when sentenced on October 7, though his attorney claims he did not appreciate the sanctions' seriousness and that his customers were scientists doing non-military research.
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty to smuggling lab equipment to Russia
MADISON, Wis. (WTVO) — A Madison man has pleaded guilty to smuggling scientific laboratory equipment to Russia. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Andrew Pogosyan, 68, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and smuggling goods from the United States. The DOJ said Pogosyan is a U.S. Citizen who was born in Russia. “Mr. Pogosyan threatened the national security of the United States by violating sanctions and illegally …
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