Aircraft Parts Supplier Charged in Illicit Russian Export Scheme

Flighttime Enterprises, an American subsidiary of a Russian aircraft parts supplier, along with three of its current and former employees, have been charged with crimes related to a scheme to illegally export aircraft parts and components from the United States to Russia and Russian airline companies without the required licenses from the Commerce Department, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

According to the DOJ, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Flighttime and the individual defendants knowingly and willfully violated and evaded the export restrictions imposed on Russia to ship aviation parts to Russia and Russian end users by mislabeling ...