US DoJ announces the arrest of Russian international money launderer for illicitly procuring large quantities of U.S.-manufactured dual-use military grade microelectronics for Russian elites

Maxim Marchenko, 51, a Russian citizen who has resided in Hong Kong, was charged today in connection with conspiring to defraud the United States and with smuggling, wire fraud, and money laundering offenses based on his alleged participation in a scheme to unlawfully procure U.S.-sourced, dual-use microelectronics with military applications on behalf of end users in Russia.