A Plantation man has been arrested in a scheme to illegally ship weapons parts and accessories to Kazakhstan, a known transshipment location for equipment bound for Russia, federal prosecutors said.

Maxim Larin, 43, was arrested in Plantation Thursday on several charges related to the scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York said in a news release.

Prosecutors said Larin is the owner of several U.S. based companies which sell firearms parts and accessories. Broward Sheriff's Office

Larin had allegedly agreed to illegally ship export-controlled weapons parts and accessories, including a sophisticated target acquisition system, to Kazakhstan as part of the scheme, prosecutors said.

Beginning as early as December 2022, Larin agreed with a Russia-based co-de

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