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United States v. BMWW, et al. – Another Case Involving Computers Going to Iran: On December 19, 2012, the Department of Justice announced charges in the Eastern District of Virginia against several entities and persons for illegally exporting over $30 million in computer goods from the United States to Iran. The defendants include BMWW, a/k/a Jahan Gostar Co., the parent company operating in Iran; BMWW DWC LLC, which later changed its name to Servex DWC, LLC, a subsidiary of BMWW based in Dubai that allegedly received $2.8 million in U.S.-origin goods for transshipment to Iran; Ariana General Trading, a subsidiary of BMWW based in Dubai that allegedly received more than $28 million in U.S.-origin goods for transshipment to Iran; Alireza Faraj Tabrizy, aka Ali Faraji, a citizen of Iran and the managing director of BMWW, Ariana and Servex; Siyavash Aliakbar Yazdanfar, a citizen of Iran and the international affairs manager for BMWW; Ayoub Ali Ahmadi, the former lead manager at Ariana and current lead manager for Servex allegedly responsible for coordinating transshipment of U.S.-origin goods from Dubia to Iran; Michelle Liboon Diaz, the former front-line manager at Ariana and current front-line manager at Servex allegedly responsible for coordinating transshipment of U.S.-origin goods from Dubia to Iran; Esmaeil Ghahremani, an Iranian citizen with ties to the United States who allegedly relies on BMWW to unlawfully export U.S.-origin goods to Iran through Dubai; Ehsan Mahmoud Ghorbanali Barati, an Iranian citizen who allegedly relies on BMWW to unlawfully export U.S.-origin goods to Iran through Dubai; Amir Mazlomian, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Iranian descent living in Newport Coast, Calif., and an officer with D&A Trading Corp., which has allegedly shipped nearly $300,000 in computer-related goods to Iran through BMWW and Ariana; Alirez Beshcari, a citizen of the Netherlands and a legal permanent resident in the U.S. living in Laguna Niguel, Calif., who owns ATA Trade Co., which has allegedly shipped nearly $800,000 in electronic goods to Iran through BMWW and Ariana; Mikaeil Ghahramani, of Santa Ana, Calif., who owns Notebook Spectrum, which has allegedly shipped nearly $2 million in electronic equipment to Iran through BMWW and Ariana. http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/news/2012/12/20121219bmwwnr.html |
USA – DOJ announces charges for illegal computer exports to Iran
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