The 1976 Arms Export Control Act and a related executive order allow presidential administrations to restrict the flow of weapons out of the country.
The State Department determines which weapons to designate as"defense articles" under the statute, which forms the basis of the United States Munitions List in the tome of federal regulations.
The indictment alleged that from 2014 to 2018, Alsufyani purchased rifle component parts from six different U.S. retailers. According to prosecutors, he would then ship the items to Alzahrani and three unindicted co-conspirators in the United States, one of whom is said to be a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force who was residing in San Angelo, Texas, for training. At the Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, the U.S. military provides training to Saudi air force personnel.
Alsufyani also apparently operated an Instagram account that he used to facilitate prospective transactions with purchasers in the Kingdom. In one instance, the indictment said he posted an image of a Rapid Reticle riflescope with the handle"@HatimHHS" overlaid.The Instagram profile with that handle has no posts visible, which means that, if this is Alsufyani's true account, the posts may have all been deleted.
The indictment provides as examples two shipments that occurred in May and October of 2015. In the first shipment, Alsufyani sent a package via FedEx to a recipient in Ta'if, which was labeled"backpack" and"car part." The latter shipment was sent to a recipient in Ta'if and was labeled"5 spare parts for kitchen."
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