A former Corona resident pleaded responsible Friday, March 24 to conspiring to unlawfully export protection articles to Russia with out a license, violating the Arms Export Management Act.
Former Corona resident Igor Panchernikov, 41, who served in the USA Air Drive Reserves, pleaded responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Management Act.
Panchernikov, who has twin Israeli and Ukranian citizenship and is a lawful resident of the USA, has been in federal custody since 2022 after he was extradited to the USA from Israel.
Panchernikov’s plea settlement acknowledged that from between 2016 and 2018, he was a part of a gaggle that was knowingly exporting gadgets resembling imaging rifle scopes and evening imaginative and prescient goggles from the USA to Russia with out acquiring the suitable license or approval from the federal authorities.
His accomplices bought the gadgets from American sellers and mailed them to Panchernikov’s residence in Corona, the place he acquired at the very least 19 gadgets.
As soon as the gadgets have been discovered to be in good situation, they have been mailed to a different individual, who would then ship the gadgets to Russia underneath false names and disguised packages.
Shifrin pleaded responsible in 2022 to at least one depend of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Management Act. One other conspirator, 57-year-old Vladimir Pridacha of Illinois, has pleaded not responsible to prices associated to the case. Two different defendants within the case are fugitives.