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In reality Arc Electronics was never in any way a manufacturer, but pretended to be one in order to openly procure certain components in bulk, so that they could then be smuggled to Russia. Fishenko is accused with ten other suspected agents of purposely evading export controls, money laundering and operating inside the United States as an agent of the Russian government. The consequences of these charges, if proven, could be severe.
Sources in the Russian government deny any connection to Fishenko or any others accused in the matter.
Fishenko pleaded not guilty in the initial hearings held in October 2012. He chose to plead guilty in September 2015.