Singapore man pleads guilty to export control violations to India

A Singaporean businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy for illegally exporting sensitive military components to India, Associated Press reported Thursday.

Appearing before a federal judge in Washington, Parthasarathy Sudarshan admitted to a scheme to conceal the true destination for electronic parts used in missile guidance systems and jet fighters, and night vision filters used in combat aircraft, the report said.

Sudarshan came to the United States and opened an office in Simpsonville, S.C. He was accused by the government of conspiring to violate U.S. export restrictions by directing American firms he did business with to send deliveries to Singapore, where Sudarshan then re-exported the items to India. Sudarshan pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act and two sets of federal regulations.

Details of his possible sentence were not released.