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The task force was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-announces-launch-task-force-kleptocapture\">stood up earlier this year<\/a> to enforce sanctions against the Russian elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs I have said, our investigators and prosecutors will be relentless in their efforts to identify, locate, and bring to justice those whose illegal acts undermine the rule of law and enable the Russian regime to continue its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,\u201d Attorney General Merrick Garland said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charges come as the U.S. looks to crack down on Russia and its allies as the war in Ukraine continues into its eighth month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2022\/10\/19\/pentagon-replacing-himars-launcher-and-rocket-stocks-sent-to-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22151780796821.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon replacing HIMARS launcher and rocket stocks sent to Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. military in recent weeks took contracting actions favoring Lockheed Martin worth $179 million.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first case, filed in the Eastern District of New York, Russian nationals Yury Orekhov and Svetlana Kuzurgasheva are charged with creating shell companies to illegally send military tech and oil to U.S.-sanctioned Russian buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orekhov and Kuzurgasheva used their fake German business to purchase a wide range of sensitive American military tech, including advanced semiconductors and microprocessors used in fighter aircraft, missile systems, smart munitions, radar, satellites and other space-based military applications, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendants allegedly caused U.S. banks to illegally process tens of millions of dollars to facilitate the transactions and sent the tech to Russians Timofey Telegin and Sergey Tulyakov, who are also being indicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the electronic components obtained in the scheme were found in Russian weapons platforms seized in Ukraine, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, Orekhov also allegedly traveled to the U.S. to source parts used in a Russian-made fighter aircraft and the American F-22 Raptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Orekhov and Artem Uss, who is the son of a Russian governor, used the fake business \u2014 with help from oil brokers Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce and Juan Carlos Soto \u2014 to smuggle hundreds of millions of barrels of oil to Russia and China from Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orekhov and Uss were arrested Monday in Germany and Italy, respectively, and are in the process of being extradited to the U.S., the release said. The <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1035\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Treasury Department<\/a> also sanctioned Orekhov and two of his companies yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendants are charged with an array of counts, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. If convicted, they could face more than 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe will continue to investigate, disrupt and prosecute those who fuel Russia\u2019s brutal war in Ukraine, evade sanctions and perpetuate the shadowy economy of transnational money laundering.\u201d &#8211; U.S. Attorney Peace<\/p>&mdash; US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EDNYnews\/status\/1582800231422316544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 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