Major Export Enforcement Cases - Directorate of Defense Trade ...

Trade Secrets to Foreign Government – On Aug. 30, 2011, Elliot Doxer, of Brookline, Mass.,
pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to one count of foreign economic espionage for
providing trade secrets over an 18-month period to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli
intelligence officer. Neither the government of Israel nor anyone acting on its behalf committed
any offense under U.S. laws in this case. Doxer was a former employee of Akamai Technologies,
Inc., who in June 2006 sent an e-mail to the Israeli consulate in Boston stating that he worked in
Akamai’s finance department and was willing to provide information that might help Israel. In
Sept. 2007, an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer spoke to Doxer and
established a “dead drop” where the agent and Doxer could exchange information. From Sept.
2007 through March 2009, Doxer visited the dead drop at least 62 times to leave information,
retrieve communications or check for new communications. Doxer provided the undercover agent
with Akamai customer lists, employee lists, contract information and other trade secrets. He was
arrested on Oct. 6, 2010 on a complaint charging him with wire fraud. That charge was dismissed
as part of the plea agreement. Doxer was ultimately sentenced on Dec. 19, 2011 to six months in
prison and two years supervised release. The case was investigated by the FBI.
Assault Rifles to Mexico – On Aug. 26, 2011, Christian Romero was sentenced in the District of
Nevada to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for his guilty plea to two
counts of illegal acquisition of a firearm. Romero, his brother, Marcos Romero, their father, Abel
Romero, all Mexican nationals who were residing in Las Vegas unlawfully, and a fourth man,
Arnold Gutierrez, of Las Vegas, were charged in August 2010 with illegally obtaining assault
rifles from federally licensed firearms dealers in Las Vegas. A number of the assault rifles were
recovered in the summer of 2010 at a compound in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, which was used by a
criminal organization involved in narcotics trafficking. Marcos and Abel Romero, and Gutierrez,
also pleaded guilty to illegally acquiring firearms and were sentenced in July to 40 months, 46
months, and 15 months in prison, respectively. The case was investigated by ATF.
Military Night Vision Overseas -- On Aug. 24, 2011, in the District of Maryland, Connor
Kraegel was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment and three years supervised release. On July 8,
2011, Kraegel plead guilty to one count of unlawful export of a defense article. According to
documents filed in the case, Kraegel sold and exported a set of Aviator's Night Vision Imaging
System (AN/AVS-6) goggles to a conspirator located outside the United States without first
having obtained a license from the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls. This case was investigated by ICE.
Fighter Jet Parts to Singapore – On August 22, 2011, Russell Marshall were sentenced in the
Southern District of Florida to three years probation, while his Boynton Beach, Fla., company,
Universal Industries Limited, Inc., was sentenced to one year probation and a $1,000 fine in
connection with an effort to illegally export J-85 engine blades for F-5 fighter jets to Singapore.
Both defendants pleaded guilty on June 3, 2011. On April 21, 2011, a criminal information was
filed charging Marshall and Universal Industries Limited, Inc., with making false statements and
violating the Arms Export Control Act. According to court documents, Marshall illegally
attempted to export 200 J-85 engine blades for F-5 fighter jets to Singapore. Marshall allegedly
failed to obtain the required State Department license for such exports and recorded the value of
the parts as $2,000 in invoices, when in fact the shipment of military parts was valued at more
than $105,000. This investigation was conducted by ICE.
Automatic Rifles and Plastic Explosives to the FARC – On Aug. 5, 2011, Hector Antonio
Guillen-Martinez of El Salvador, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to 31 years in
prison after pleading guilty on May 11, 2011 to one count of attempting to provide material
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