Aaron Misulovin (aka Albert Friedman and Valery Vibornov), admitted to violating various wire fraud and money laundering laws.

Aaron Misulovin (aka Albert Friedman and Valery Vibornov), admitted to violating various wire fraud and money laundering laws. Misulovin will be sentenced to five years in prison and could face a fine of up to $2.5 million. According to the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Misulovin and a number of co-defendants operated Kings Motor Oils, a wholesale fuel distributorship with offices in Edison, New Jersey. Kings reportedly purchased hundreds of millions of gallons of tax-free home heating oil, but sold it as tax-paid diesel fuel to Petroplus. Petroplus subsequently offloaded the oil to unknowing customers as diesel fuel for highway use. The company, which had collected the appropriate taxes, then distributed the funds to Misulovin and "other conspirators" via a complex network of shell corporations.

Misulovin, who evaded arrest by fleeing the United States in 1995, was arrested in April 2004 by Israeli law enforcement officials conducting an operation against international money laundering. Police also seized forged travel documents utilised by Misulovin to conceal his identity, along with an unlicensed Glock-17 firearm.

Misulovin pleaded guilty before the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Magistrate's Court in July 2007 to a number of charges, including money laundering, utlisation of forged documents and possession of an illegal firearm. He was sentenced to two years in prison. However, Misulovin then entered into a plea arrangement with the US and agreed to participate in the international prisoner transfer programme. This allowed the transfer of Misulovin to the United States, where he is expected to serve out the remainder of his Israeli sentence and additional time imposed by a federal court.