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Russian Citizen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Illegally Export More Than $100,000 in Firearms

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Firearm parts (Source: Guns.com)

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2018

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By: Rosemary Piser

Konstantin Checkhovskoi, 44, a citizen of St. Petersburg, Russia, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in federal prison for attempting to illegally export more than $100,000 in firearm parts from the United States.

Checkhovskoi was apprehended by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on April 26, 2017, as he attempted to board a flight for Stockholm, Sweden. Chekhovskoi’s eleven…

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