Alongside his business partner, Eli Manis, Miller set up an office in Montreal and began a distribution operation.

[8] By 1988, an office in Huntsville, Alabama had opened its doors, and Future Electronics was a major distributor in the United States.

[10][11] U.S. Department of Justice with the Central Authority of Canada suspected Future Electronics of defrauding TI, Motorola, Analog Devices and other U.S.-based companies, by falsely reporting to Texas Instruments and others the amount of their products that FEC sells.

[10] In February 2023, its founder ceased to be chairman and CEO of the company amid allegations that he solicited multiple underage girls for sex, while denying the accusations.

[13][3]The founder of Future Electronics Robert Gerald Miller was arrested in May of 2024 on 21 sex charges involving 10 complainants, many of whom were minors when the alleged offences occurred between 1994 and 2016.