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Sam Koppelman

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

And Hunterbrook can report that according to trade records, Ubiquity did halt direct shipments to Russia following the invasion without ever acknowledging that change.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

But their products still flowed into Russia, obviously, through dozens of intermediaries, according to that Hunterbrook analysis of trade data.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

And over 10 legal and sanctions experts we talked to said that pleading ignorance, it's not a defensible argument.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Especially because, as we mentioned, this is not the first time Ubiquity Devices ended up where they shouldn't.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Yeah, so 2011.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Yeah, and then U.S.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

officials found out that Ubiquity had sold products to a distributor who ended up sending them to Iran.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

And after that debacle, Robert Pera acknowledged that this was a huge problem and did a rare interview with Forbes.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

He said, quote, this can't happen again.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

If it happens again, I'll be in trouble.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Obviously, we have the video that we played that clearly shows Ubiquiti's devices on the front lines.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

And we have trade data that shows millions and millions and millions of dollars of Ubiquiti equipment ending up in Russia.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

But we wanted to see exactly how this happens.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

How, if you're a Russian soldier, and you're raising money on Telegram,

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

and you're desperate for that Wi-Fi connection.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

How easy is it to get a Ubiquiti device?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

And so we went undercover.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Yeah, so it's important to know that it's not just their compliance department.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Ubiquity also barely has a sales team, and they rely on third-party vendors to sell their devices.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
Exclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"

No, you go to one of their third-party vendors that actually do a lot of their e-commerce sales for them.