Canadian National Sentenced for Attempting to Export Guns From US to UAE, Colombia

Aydan Sin of British Columbia was convicted of violating the Arms Export Control Act for exporting defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List to the United Arab Emirates and Colombia, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York said. Sin, who allegedly conspired with Guy Deland and Charan Singh, will serve 46 months in prison. Singh began communicating with an undercover law enforcement agent in 2016 to ask about whether the undercover agent could export firearms from the U.S. to Dubai. The agent advised Sin, Deland and Singh that a license was required from the State Department, establishing that the trio knew about the regulations, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Acknowledging the illegality of the shipments, Sin, Deland and Singh then gave the agent an encrypted BlackBerry device to establish secure communications and wired the agent around $70,000 from Canada to the U.S. as a down payment for the guns. The agent sent Sin and Deland two invoices -- one for a shipment to Dubai and one for a shipment to Colombia. Money for the shipments was wired to a bank account in New York. Charges remain pending against Deland and Singh, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.