AUSTIN, Texas — A Bulgarian national was sentenced to 38 months time served in a federal court in Austin for conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons.

Milan Dimitrov, a 51-year-old, began working in August 2014 at Multi Technology Integration Group EOOD (MTIG), a Bulgarian company established to help two Russian companies acquire U.S.-origin electronic circuits from an Austin-based company, according to court documents. Following Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, the U.S. imposed export controls, making it illegal to export such goods to Russia without a license from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security.

In January 2015, MTIG received a 16mB Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) Wafer from a U.S. supplier in Austin. A month later, MTIG contracted to deliver the parts to a Russian engineering company, OOO Sovtest Comp. Over the next three months, Sovtest transferred over $1 million to MTIG in three payments. After receiving the final payment, MTIG invoiced Sovtest $158,125 for the Austin supplier’s parts and shipped them to Russia, violating export regulations.

Between May 2014 and May 2018, six wafers were shipped as part of the scheme, totaling approximately $497,000. Each wafer, when diced, produces about 180 individual chips.

Dimitrov faced a four-count indictment in July 2020, was arrested in 2022, and extradited to the U.S. in 2024. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2025, admitting his knowledge of the illegal shipments and his role in facilitating and benefiting from the activity as an MTIG employee and close associate of Sovtest’s owner, co-conspirator Ilias Sabirov. Sabirov and Dimitrov’s father, Dimitar Dimitrov, co-founder of MTIG, remain fugitives.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman presided over the case, sentencing Dimitrov to time served after 38 months in custody. The Commerce Department’s Office of Export Enforcement and the FBI investigated the case, with assistance from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Roomberg prosecuted the case, with help from the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs collaborated with Greek authorities to secure Dimitrov’s extradition to the United States in August 2024.