Bulgarian man charged with exporting aircraft parts to Syria
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say a Bulgarian man has been arrested for conspiring to defraud the U.S. and illegally exporting aircraft parts and equipment to Syria.
A U.S. Department of Justice news release says 29-year-old Zhelyaz Andreev faces federal charges in South Florida.
Court documents say Andreev was working in the Bulgaria office of AW-Tronics, a Miami export company, when he sold dual-use goods — articles with both civilian and military uses — to the government-owned Syrian Arab Airlines.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The release says the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control has blocked the airline for transporting weapons and ammunition to Syria in conjunction with Hezbollah, a terrorist organization, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
It wasn't immediately clear if Andreev had an attorney.