Event Brief
UPDATED Aug 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Aug 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Florida Man Convicted in $900K Russia Parts Plot
By The BriefBrief
A federal jury convicted 62-year-old Russian national Alexander Mamonov, a Florida resident, on 12 felony counts tied to a scheme to bypass U.S. export controls and sanctions. Prosecutors said he helped ship nearly $1 million in U.S. aircraft components to Russia and Aeroflot using false export paperwork; co-conspirator Ignat Vakorin remains a fugitive.
WHO: Alexander Mamonov; Ignat Vakorin
WHAT: Convicted on 12 felony counts for allegedly smuggling and exporting controlled aircraft parts to Russia/Aeroflot while bypassing sanctions and submitting false export paperwork.
WHEN: Reported Aug 29, 2026 at 10:57 AM ET
WHERE: Florida
WHY: Prosecutors said Mamonov orchestrated the scheme to evade U.S. export controls and sanctions by falsifying export paperwork and routing aircraft components to Russia and Aeroflot.
Reporting from 1 identified publisher for this event.
View all 1 publishers
Publishers represented across this event arc
- Tampa Free Press —
2 articles
These publishers contributed reporting to the broader event history. Not every source addresses the specific development described above.
How this brief is built: The BriefBrief correlates multiple sources into one evolving event brief, updated as new facts emerge.
2 killed after truck cuts off motorcycle in Tampa
Florida Highway Patrol
Aug 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Officer leaves man on street before fatal hit-and-run
Philadelphia
Aug 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Privacy access requests to companies often end in deletion
California Consumer Privacy Act
Aug 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Trump says U.S. controls 60B barrels of Venezuelan oil
Venezuela
Aug 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
