The owner of a California technology company pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act for his role in a transnational, multi-million-dollar scheme to secure and illegally export dual-use semiconductors and other sensitive technology sanctioned entities in Russia.
Ilya Kahn, 66, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia, and resident of Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles, California, Pleased guilty September 7. He was arrested January 17 in Los Angeles.
Kahn also pleaded guilty to attempted tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on the illicit income he earned from the scheme…