Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Shipping Controlled Goods to Russia
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on July 28 to smuggling goods from the U.S. to Russia, DOJ announced. Andrew Pogosyan, through his company, Omega Diagnostics, evaded export controls on Russia by shipping "scientific and diagnostic research equipment components to Russia without the required licenses," DOJ said.
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From September 2022 to October 2023, Pogosyan transshipped the equipment components in third-party countries to hide the fact that the parts were headed to Russia. The business owner conspired with "Russian-based companies and individuals" to ship the goods through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Latvia and Lithuania, DOJ said.
Pogosyan faces a maximum five-year prison sentence for conspiring to defraud the U.S. and a maximum 10-year prison sentence for each of his three smuggling charges. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7. Though he was born in Russia, Pogosyan is a U.S. citizen lawfully residing in Wisconsin.