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A 49-year-old man who was found to be in possession of the parts required to assemble enough automatic assault rifles to supply a small army was sentenced on Friday to an overall 10-year prison term.

Anatoliy Vdovin, a man who was prone to making rude outbursts while two of his criminal cases were before the courts, shrugged off the sentence Quebec Court Judge Linda Despots delivered at the Montreal courthouse and reminded her that he has requested an appeal of her decision to convict him.

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In February 2015, a Montreal police investigator received a call from a member of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) based in Alabama. The ATF agent used the internet to pose as someone interested in purchasing parts for AK47s, an automatic assault rifle originally designed for the Soviet Army.

The ATF agent first ordered five receivers, the body of the rifle, and rails and received a package that originated from Montreal. When the agent paid for the items he learned it was made through a PayPal account linked to Vdovin.