Nearly a dozen face charges for sending military tech, oil to Russia
By Jonathan Lehrfeld
Thursday, Oct 20
Nearly a dozen people, including five Russian nationals and two oil brokers from Venezuela, were arrested and charged in a scheme to send American military technology to Russia, some of which was allegedly found on battlefields in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Federal prosecutors, with help from the department’s Task Force KleptoCapture, revealed two separate indictments Oct. 19. The task force was created earlier this year to enforce sanctions against the Russian elite.
“As I have said, our investigators and prosecutors will be relentless in their efforts to identify, locate, and bring to justice those whose illegal acts undermine the rule of law and enable the Russian regime to continue its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a release.
The charges come as the U.S. looks to crack down on Russia and its allies while the war in Ukraine continues into its eighth month.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/10/20/nearly-a-dozen-face-charges-for-sending-military-tech-oil-to-russia/
