{"id":18260,"date":"2015-12-15T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18260"},"modified":"2015-12-15T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T19:07:02","slug":"russian-nuclear-energy-official-admits-to-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18260","title":{"rendered":"Russian Nuclear Energy Official Admits Making Illegal Payments to Land Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MARYLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A federal judge today sentenced a former Russian official residing in Maryland to four years in prison for his role in arranging for more than $2 million in illegal payments, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The \u00a0money was used to influence the awarding \u00a0of contracts with Russian owned nuclear energy corporation, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18263\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Theodore-David-Chuang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Theodore-David-Chuang.jpg\" alt=\"Theodore-David-Chuang\" width=\"258\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. District Court Judge Theodore D. Chuang of Maryland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mikerin further admitted that the conspirators used consulting agreements and code words to disguise the corrupt payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to court documents, Mikerin was the director of the Pan American Department of JSC Techsnabexport or TENEX, a subsidiary of Russia\u2019s State Atomic Energy Corporation and the sole supplier and exporter of Russian Federation uranium and uranium enrichment services to nuclear power companies worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He was also the president of TENAM Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary and the official representative of TENEX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The evidence indicated that\u00a0between 2004 and October 2014, conspirators agreed to make illegal payments to influence Mikerin and to secure improper business advantages for U.S. companies that did business with 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