Sanjay Kaushik, an Indian man and managing partner of Arezo Aviation in New Delhi, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. He was found guilty of illegally exporting aviation parts to Russia through India, violating US security rules. Kaushik was arrested in Florida in 2024 after arriving from India and has been in custody since. In 2025, he pled guilty to conspiring to sell export-controlled aviation components to Russia. The judge called it a "well-calculated business deal" putting personal profit above US national security and foreign policy. US Attorney Scott E Bradford said, "This was no lapse in judgment. It was a calculated, profit-driven scheme involving repeated transactions, substantial gains, and coordination with foreign co-conspirators, including sanctioned Russian entities. This defendant sought, on multiple occasions, to undermine safeguards critical to US national security and foreign policy for his own personal gain." Beginning September 2023, Kaushik and others tried to get aerospace goods and technology from the US, falsely claiming they were for India. However, the real buyers were in Russia. Some items, like the Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS)—a device aiding aircraft navigation—are banned from export to Russia without government approval. Kaushik obtained these items using fake licenses saying they would go to India for civilian helicopters. The Department of Justice report revealed Kaushik aimed to ship the AHRS through India to Russia. The component was detained before leaving the US. Kaushik did not seek release after his arrest in Miami. This case highlights how individuals try to bypass export controls for personal profit, risking US national security.