Iranian Citizen Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Electronic Power Equipment
Iranian citizen Arsalan Shemirani was sentenced Aug. 15 to 48 months in prison for conspiring to illegal export electronic parts from the U.S. to Iran, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said. According to court documents, Shemirani, along with his brother…
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in Iran and a co-conspirator in Hong Kong, exported the parts from the U.S. to Iran via Canada and Hong Kong, without obtaining authorization or a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Shemirani was residing in Canada at the time of the conspiracy and received purchase orders totaling approximately 3,695 electronic components from his brother, who operated an electronics supply business in Tehran, Iran. ICE said the exported items included high performance electronic power equipment like field programmable microchips, analog converters and other testing and power equipment. Shemirani pleaded guilty Jan. 25 to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the U.S., ICE said. He was also sentenced to forfeiture in the amount of $187,305.