Yana Leonova, a 33-year-old citizen of Belarus who had been living in Russia, was extradited from France to the United States on charges related to the illegal export of U.S.-sourced aviation components to Russia.
Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian national and former general manager at a U.S. defense contractor, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of theft of trade secrets.
Charles Neil Floyd was sworn in as the interim United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington on October 6, 2025.
Bence Horvath, a 47-year-old dual citizen of Hungary and Spain who lived in the United Arab Emirates, was sentenced to 31 months in prison by a U.S. District Court for conspiring to illegally export American military-grade radio communications…
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