Israeli Alexei Breiman was arrested in the United States and charged with 16 counts, including money laundering on behalf of the Russian government and smuggling high-tech components for the production of weapons and ammunition into the Russian Federation, The Jerusalem Post writes..

A report on the U.S. Department of Justice website indicates that Breiman is suspected of illegally purchasing and smuggling electronic components subject to strict control.. Some of them can be used in the development of nuclear and hypersonic weapons, as well as for quantum computing..

The allegations indicate Breiman, 35, and other suspects colluded with FSB-affiliated Russian companies Serniya Engineering and Sertal LLC..

The companies are involved in a scheme to circumvent sanctions against Russia, in particular, to smuggle components for the production of weapons. Both were already on US sanctions lists..

The prosecution believes that Breiman forged shipping documents and invoices, which allowed him to repackage and ship the goods around the world, where they eventually ended up in the hands of the Russians..

Together with 35-year-old Breiman, an American and five citizens of the Russian Federation were detained. Two of them, working in the above companies, received requests for the supply of secret American technologies to Russia..

The requests were passed on to Boris Livshits, a former US resident and owner of a number of front companies in New York.. After that, Livshits used his contacts to organize the supply of secret technologies to Russia..

Breiman is also accused of helping Livshits run banking and shell companies in the United States.. Israeli man faces up to 30 years in prison.