Sarasota man charged with smuggling electronics into Russia

A Russian citizen living in Sarasota has been arrested and charged with smuggling microelectronics with possible military applications into Russia.

Charges against Denis Postovoy, 44, include conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to commit smuggling, to commit money laundering, and to defraud the United States.

Postovoy was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Sept. 16 and is currently being held in the Pinellas County Jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 19 in U.S. District Court in Tampa.