Overview
- Canyon Anthony Amarys, 28, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested Oct. 28 and charged with attempting to violate the Export Control Reform Act.
- According to the indictment, he met in February 2025 with someone he believed to be a Russian intelligence agent, signed a one-page agreement confirming a covert relationship, and agreed to photograph a Fort Riley installation and obtain a helicopter radio.
- Prosecutors allege he purchased the radio in March 2025, traveled to Kansas to retrieve it, discussed shipping it to a recipient in Romania for diversion to Russia, and agents later recovered the device in a court-authorized search.
- The Justice Department says the radio is a controlled item requiring a Commerce Department license and alleges Amarys knew the export would be unlawful.
- The FBI’s Kansas City field office leads the investigation with Army Counterintelligence, the Kansas National Guard, BIS, and the Postal Inspection Service, and prosecutors note the indictment is an allegation and he is presumed innocent.