Businessman Gabriel Temin was handed a suspended sentence by the Eastern Uusimaa District Court on Thursday after finding him guilty of regulatory breaches and illegal exports to Russia.
He was also ordered to forfeit to the state 11,000 euros of financial benefit generated by the crime.
Other regulatory offence charges were largely dismissed, while charges against four other defendants were also dismissed.
Temin, who is a French citizen but longtime resident of Finland, denied all of the charges brought against him.
Harsher sentence sought
Temin was initially alleged to have carried out nearly 30 exports that breached sanctions, but the court found the entrepreneur guilty of just four breaches. The prosecutor had sought a prison sentence of at least three years.
The prosecution alleged that, through his companies Luminor and Siberica, Temin exported, attempted to export, or transported through Russia products that were subject to prohibitions or sanctions.
The defendant was accused of exporting, among other things, more than 3,500 drones and devices designed to disrupt and stop the remote-controlled devices. The equipment was purchased by Luminor from Taiwan.
Luminor then exported the equipment to Kazakhstan in two separate shipments in January and May of 2023, without the required permits.
According to the district court, the equipment was transported through Russia, but the prosecution's case did not provide sufficient evidence that the supplies had ended up in Russian hands.