Manager of U.S. Freight Forwarding Company Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Circumventing Export Controls

BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Natalya Ivanovna Mazulina, also known as "Natasha Mazulina," a resident of Federal Way, Washington, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for crafting a scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws related to Russia. Mazulina was the Western Regional Manager of Delex Air Cargo LLC, a freight forwarding company based in Jamaica, New York, which operated out of John F. Kennedy International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Mazulina was arrested in December 2024 and, in October 2025, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. As part of her sentence, Mazulina was ordered to forfeit $77,000 in criminal proceeds.

Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; John Eisenberg, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's National Security Division; James C. Barnacle, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New York Field Office; and James Guanci, Special Agent in Charge, Office of Export Enforcement, Boston Field Office, announced the sentence.

"The Russian oil and gas industry is the lifeblood that fuels the Russian war machine," stated United States Attorney Nocella. "This defendant put her own profits above the national security of the United States by conspiring to illegally export industrial oil and gas equipment to Russia. Our Office will continue to use all our law enforcement tools to investigate and prosecute those who evade export control laws."

Mr. Nocella extended his appreciation to the Department of Justice's Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington, the FBI's Seattle Field Office, and the OEE's Boston Field Office for their assistance in this case.

"Natalya Mazulina bolstered Russia's military capabilities and jeopardized our country's security by violating U.S. export regulations. The FBI maintains its unwavering commitment to quash threat actors who exploit American companies to support adversarial agendas of hostile nations," stated FBI Assistant Director in Charge Barnacle.

"This case shows that BIS will work with our law enforcement partners to aggressively pursue all those who violate our export control laws," stated Special Agent in Charge Guanci.

As described in court filings, from at least December 2022 through December 2024, Mazulina conspired with Russian freight forwarding companies and others to unlawfully ship controlled items, including industrial oil and gas equipment, from the United States to Russia, through intermediary countries. At one point, in June 2023, Mazulina told colleagues that her clients were paying through bank accounts in third party countries because "[m]ost of [her] clients [were] currently sanctioned with USA." Mazulina attempted to conceal the unlawful scheme by submitting and causing the submission of false export documents to the U.S. government, which omitted the information that the goods were destined for Russia.

The government's case is being handled by the Office's National Security and Cybercrime Section. Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Skurnik is in charge of the prosecution.

The Defendant:

NATALYA IVANOVNA MAZULINA (also known as "Natasha Mazulina")
Age: 43
Federal Way, Washington

E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 24-CR-493 (EK)