prosecutors indicted alexey brayman, alleging while he was packing up and shipping out those fun night lights for his ex s shop, who is also packing up and shipping out weapons parts. prosecutors allege that brayman s home has been a clearinghouse for expensive semiconductors, oscilloscopes, and other items bound for russia. items that are commonly used in weapons systems including in the country s ongoing war with ukraine. essentially, the allegation here is that the russian government would need a part for a weapon system that they could not get because of u.s. sanctions. they would then pay this russian company called to get these parts for them. would then create front companies and wire money into
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The scheme involved shell corporations and bank accounts, and forged shipping documents to buy items like sniper bullets and electronic components some of which could be used to develop nuclear and hypersonic weapons and sneak them across the Estonian border.