A quiet New Hampshire home out of which a married couple ran their online craft business covertly doubled as a clearinghouse for “millions of dollars in military and sensitive dual-use technologies from U.S. manufacturers and vendors,” which an alleged smuggling ring shipped to Russia over the course of at least five years, according to a sprawling 16-count federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
Alexey Brayman, one of seven people charged in the case, surrendered to authorities on Tuesday morning, according to The Boston Globe. Prosecutors have asked that he surrender his passport and be held on $250,000 bail.
“They are the nicest family,” a local delivery driver told the Globe of Brayman and his wife, Daria. “They’ll leave gift cards out around the holidays. And snacks.”