German authorities arrested a man accused of exporting electronic components used in the production of military equipment to Russia.

The suspect has only been identified publicly as Waldemar W., in line with German privacy rules. He was initially arrested in March, though an investigating judge of the country’s Federal Supreme Court issued a new arrest warrant on Monday, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said a day later.

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Waldemar W. is the founder of two companies based in Saarland, Germany, that specialize in the international trade of electronic components. He’s accused of exporting electronic components in violation of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act on 26 occasions from January 2020 through March 2023. The components he's accused of supplying are sanctioned by the European Union’s Russia Embargo Regulation.

Once Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the suspect allegedly stopped shipping the goods directly to the front companies in Russia, instead opting to send them via the United Arab Emirates and Lithuania, among other third countries.

The components, which he’d import from abroad only to export them out of the country, were ultimately provided to a company that makes military hardware and accessory parts, including the Orlan-10 drone, which Russian forces have used in Ukraine.

The total value of the allegedly exported components amounts to roughly 715,000 euros ($773,000).

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The U.S. and its Western allies have sought to sanction companies and individuals responsible for assisting Russia's war in Ukraine. Russia has acquired hundreds of cheap Iranian drones that use some commercially available materials.

The Departments of Justice, Commerce, State, and Treasury issued a joint guidance in June noting that the "industry should be aware of its compliance obligations due to the threat posed by the extensive overseas network of procurement agents, front companies, suppliers, and intermediaries Iran uses to obtain UAV components, all of which employ a variety of methods to evade export controls and sanctions. Industry should exercise extra vigilance due to the ubiquitous nature of many of the items, as Iran utilizes commercial-grade components in its weapons."