Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Firearms Exports to Ukraine
A Florida man was sentenced to 33 months in prison after illegally exporting more than 1,600 firearms parts, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said Aug. 5. From 2011 to 2018, Vladimir Volgaev shipped barrels, slides, receivers and frames from the…
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U.S. to Ukraine, violating the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, ICE said. The gun parts were later used to build firearms, including handguns and rifles, the agency said. Along with the prison sentence, Volgaev was ordered to forfeit $6,835 from the sales of the parts.