Gal Haimovich, 49, admitted to deceiving American companies about the destination of goods, including some that had missile technology applications, which he supplied to intermediaries en route to Russian customers, the US Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday.

The Israeli national hid from suppliers that he was ultimately working on behalf of Siberia Airlines, which he billed for some $2 million. He has now agreed to forfeit the money along with various aircraft parts.

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    2 months ago

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhh, that was a good one.

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      2 months ago

      I dunno, this might actually activate a brain cell or three in the government. I’m not holding my breath, but…

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        2 months ago

        I would love to be wrong, but history tells me I won’t be.