Florida man pleads guilty to illegal exports

The U.S. Justice Department said Vladimir Nevidomy is facing a maximum of 5 years in prison for conspiring to illegally export military-grade night vision and ammunition primers to Russia, with sentencing scheduled for May 25.    The U.S. Justice Department said Vladimir Nevidomy of Hallandale Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty this week in a Florida district court to conspiring to illegally export military-grade night vision and ammunition primers to Russia.
   According to court documents, during April-November 2013, Russian buyers emailed Nevidomy with requests for night vision rifle scopes, thermal monoculars and ammunition primers, all of which were on the State Department’s Munitions List and subject to export control.  
   Nevidomy proceeded to obtain at least three night-vision rifle scopes and a thermal multi-purpose monocular from U.S. vendors by falsely stating that the technology was not for export.
   On April 16, 2013, the Russian buyers wired more than $21,000 to Nevidomy’s bank account in Shanghai for the goods. Later, another $18,000 was wired to another bank account of Nevidomy in Riga, Latvia, to make the equipment purchases.
   After completing the purchases, Nevidomy concealed the items as household goods shipments to be sent through a freight forwarding company or using a private Russian postal service that operated in South Florida.
   Sentencing is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on May 25. Nevidomy, a Ukraine-born naturalized U.S. citizen, faces a maximum of 5 years in prison.
   In addition, this week, Iranian citizen Alireza Jalali was sentenced to 15 months in jail for his role in a conspiracy to ship technology to an Iran-based company that specializes in both broadcast communications and microwave communications without securing the proper U.S. export licenses during 2009-2015.