New Delhi-based businessman Sanjay Kaushik, 58, has been sentenced to 30 months in a US federal prison in Portland, Oregon, for conspiring to illegally export controlled aviation components and a navigation and flight control system to end-users in Russia. The sentencing, announced by the US Department of Justice, also includes three years of supervised release. Kaushik, who is the managing partner of Arezo Aviation, was arrested in Miami, Florida, on October 17, 2024, and has remained in custody since. He pleaded guilty in October 2025 to one count of conspiracy to sell export-controlled aviation components with dual civilian and military applications to Russian end-users. The scheme began in early September 2023, where Kaushik and his co-conspirators unlawfully obtained aerospace goods from US suppliers. They purchased these items under the false pretense that they would be supplied to Kaushik's Indian company for civilian use, when in reality, they were destined for Russian customers, violating US export control laws. US officials emphasized that this was a calculated, profit-driven scheme, not a lapse in judgment, which undermined critical US national security and foreign policy. The case underscores the US government's commitment to prosecuting those who attempt to circumvent export control laws, especially concerning technologies with potential military applications.