Today’s smartphones have more complex chips than spacecrafts a few decades ago. The rise of technological advances has made the need for security to be at its highest point. That didn’t stop one exporter from selling $50 million worth of technology to Russia.
Alexander Fishenko is being called a spy, giving his guilty plea the opportunity to earn him 20 years in prison. The 49-year-old founder of a Houston-based technology company has been sending computer chips and other tech equipment for years.
Military Technology Exporter Admits to Spying for Moscow http://t.co/X7pt7Jxezw via @business http://pic.twitter.com/lCuoGy0YAI
— Say No to the TPP (@kencampbell66) September 10, 2015
His guilty plea to all counts saves him from trial, but three of his co-conspirators will be going to trial on September 21.
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