U.S. Arrests Dual National Tech CEO for Supplying Equipment to Iran’s Nuclear and Military Programs
He negotiated direct purchases from suppliers in Minnesota and Nebraska, routing goods through a UAE front company before delivery to his company in Iran
SANTA ANA, California — Jamshid Ghomi, the 63-year-old dual U.S.-Iranian national and CEO of Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd., a Tehran-based computer networking company, was arrested on June 3 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Ghomi faces allegations that he procured and supplied sophisticated U.S.-origin networking, security, and encryption equipment to Iranian customers, including entities tied to Iran’s nuclear program and military establishment, without required licenses from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana. The complaint and supporting affidavit describe more than a decade of alleged activity involving hundreds of purchases routed through front companies and intermediaries, large-scale smuggling, and the movement of millions of dollars in proceeds into the United States.
