Russian Alexander Mamonov, living in Florida, was found guilty of illegally exporting aircraft parts from the United States to Russia. reports Ministry of Justice. According to investigators, a former Aeroflot employee participated in a scheme to supply the Russian airline with components from the United States for almost $1 million, bypassing sanctions.
A jury in the Southern District of Florida found 62-year-old Mamonov guilty on all 12 counts. These include violations of U.S. export control laws, smuggling, false export information, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Restrictions on the export of American spare parts and equipment for Aeroflot have been in effect since 2022.
According to the case materials, Mamonov and his alleged accomplice Ignat Vakorin found suppliers of aviation spare parts in the United States and, when placing orders, misled them about the final recipient of the products.
According to the prosecutor's office, in order to hide the actual direction of the deliveries, the documents indicated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China as the destination, after which the parts were redirected to Russia. Participants in the scheme also used fictitious financial accounts to disguise payments. In total, transactions worth more than $900,000 were carried out as part of the scheme, the US Department of Justice reported.
Charges were brought against Mamonov and Vakorin in April 2025. The second person involved in the case is still wanted.
“You cannot simply list a fictitious destination on shipping documents and assume that U.S. export control laws no longer apply. The defendant conspired to smuggle almost $1 million worth of American aircraft parts into Russia and Aeroflot, and then used false destination information and financial transactions to cover up what was happening. A federal jury found him guilty on each count. We will continue to vigorously pursue those who use our district, the U.S. financial system, or American companies to undermine the country's national security,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reading Quinones.
The investigation was conducted by the Miami office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce.
“The FBI and our partners will continue to prioritize compliance with export laws and sanctions to protect national security. Let this verdict serve as a warning to anyone considering the possibility of illegally transferring American technology to our adversaries,” said Roman Rozhavsky, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Counter-Espionage Division.
U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams set sentencing for November 20. The Ministry of Justice did not specify what prison term Mamonov might face. For a number of episodes imputed to him, federal legislation provides for 20-year sentences.
