A quiet New Hampshire home out of which a married couple ran their online craft business covertly doubled as a clearinghouse for “millions of dollars in military and sensitive dual-use technologies from U.S. manufacturers and vendors,” which an alleged smuggling ring shipped to Russia over the course of at least five years, according to a sprawling 16-count federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
Federal investigators claim that Brayman and his accomplices worked for the “Serniya” syndicate, a procurement network whose activities they described as “instrumental to the Russian Federation’s war machine” in the indictment. The suburban house in Merrimack where Brayman lived was “repeatedly used” as a way station where military-grade and dual-use technologies were packaged and shipped to intermediaries throughout Europe and Asia, officials wrote.
A suspected agent for the FSB, Russia’s primary security agency and the direct descendant of the KGB, Konoshchenok is expected to be extradited to the U.S., the Justice Department said. Estonian investigators searched his warehouse turned up roughly 375 pounds worth of ammunition from the U.S.
Since the article mentions '375lbs of ammunition', for reference: a box of 7.62mm rounds on a chain for use in the M60 machine gun weighs 7lbs. I don't know if that's what was included btw.
Shows how ammo should be more closely regulated and a factor of gun reform
Give ‘em the Rosenberg treatment
Holy 💩