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In the USA, a Russian citizen sentenced to jail for a purchase on e-Bay was sentenced

A court in Utah sentenced Russian computer games developer Oleg Tishchenko to one year in prison.

Photo: Oleg Tishchenko's page in VKontakte

However, pending a decision on his case, the Russian has already served this term in Georgian and American prisons, so now he is subject to deportation, writes RIA News.

“With credit for time served, the defendant will be released and turned over to Homeland Security agents today, June 19, who will transport the defendant to Salt Lake City International Airport for self-deportation to Russia,” the court said.

Accusations against Russians

Tischenko found himself on trial because of buying online documentation for American military aircraft in violation of US law.

The case against him was opened in 2016 year, but it became known about him only recently, after a man was detained in Georgia, from where he was extradited to the USA. The Russian was first brought to court in April 2019 of the year, he remained in custody throughout the proceedings.

He was charged on five counts, including smuggling, violation of the law on the export of arms and a conspiracy against American interests.

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The prosecution suggests that Tishchenko received pilot manuals for four types of fighter aircraft. He then sold the documentation on eBay to buyers in Cyprus, Japan, the Netherlands and Australia.

According to the 17-page indictment, 22 June 2011, Tishchenko appealed to other visitors to the DCS (Digital Combat Simulator) forum.

“I need help with shipping goods from eBay,” he wrote.

Tishchenko explained that he would try to acquire a series of instructions for the operation and maintenance of modifications A and B of American F-16 fighter jets, which are for sale on eBay.

The Russian explained that he needed help in obtaining these instructions, which sending abroad is complicated by export restrictions.

Since the seller of the goods will not send them abroad, Tishchenko allegedly wrote, he needs another forum user to receive instructions to his American address and send them to Moscow.

The next day, such a person showed up, identified himself as Mobi’s nickname, and volunteered to receive instructions to the fighters in order to send them to Russia.

Illegal operations

The investigation, which was conducted by the US Department of Homeland Security, was not difficult to calculate that the Texan Kenneth Edward Sullivan was hiding behind Moby's nickname.

Having requested information from eBay, the investigators found that from 1 in January 2012 to 17 in September 2015, Tishchenko allegedly regularly sold at the specified auction instructions to F-16 fighters recorded on disks.

Buyers were located in countries such as Holland, Japan, Cyprus, Australia, Germany and Taiwan.

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Between 23 and 27 on June 2011, different visitors to the same forum warned Tishchenko and Sullivan that their operation looked illegal, and recommended that they search Google for information about US export restrictions on military goods (ITAR).

Similar warnings were posted on the site by auction.

October 25 2011, Sullivan posted a message on the forum stating that he had sent instructions to Tishchenko to Moscow, and joked: "I hope that if you notice me, you can send me a hacksaw."

Proven scheme

Further events unfolded according to a scheme worked out long ago by the American special services.

23 March 2016, the investigators sent Tishchenko to his colleague, who contacted a Russian on the same forum and offered him instructions for American military aircraft.

The next day, Tishchenko responded and asked him to contact him directly via Skype. From that day on, they corresponded regularly.

25 March 2011, Tishchenko told an American that he had been collecting aircraft instructions for a long time and would like to receive instructions for the F-16C fighter and the A-10 attack aircraft (Warthog).

He explained that he needed to understand how this all works in order to apply it in a digital flight simulator that his Moscow company, Eagle Dynamics, is developing.

The firm stated that it had nothing to do with Tishchenko’s operations with American instructions.

"A little secret material"

26 March 2016, Tishchenko sent an American a list of 26 instructions he would like to receive.

Although he had previously assured a disguised investigator that he was not trying to get instructions for newer F-35 and F-22 aircraft, since they were “too secret”, he now requested them.

“I can guarantee,” he assured the American, “that these instructions will not be provided to any third parties and, perhaps, will not even be shown to anyone in our company (Eagle Dynamics).”

The prosecutors in the case stated that it is clear from the above text that the accused “continues to request more and more information and ask for secret documents, knowing that they cannot be sent to him to Russia”.

The prosecution cites the following phrase from Tishchenko’s message dated 29 of March 2016: “Honestly, I’m a little worried about you, since you’re going to send me some“ slightly secret ”materials. Be careful!".

According to prosecutors, this phrase once again demonstrates the “expectations and intentions” of the accused.

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As a result, an American agent offered Tishchenko to meet in Prague.

“Yes, this is an option,” he replied. “I have a Schengen visa for a year.”

The meeting for some reason did not take place, and so the Russian remained at large for more than two and a half years. As a result, Tishchenko went to Georgia for the salsa festival, where he was arrested, after which he was transferred to the United States.

One year in prison is an excellent outcome for him, he faced up to 10 years in prison and up to a million dollars in fines.

Sullivan was also arrested in 2016, and in October 2017, the court appointed him one and a half years of public supervision. After this period, the case against him was closed.

Details of the life and arrest of Russians are available at link.

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