Court Case

USA v. Ghodskani, Negar

August 2015 (Updated September 24, 2019)
, United States
Iran

[DMN] Iranian national Negar Ghodskani and other defendants were charged in a conspiracy to illegally export controlled technology from the United States to Iran. From 2008 until late 2011, Ghodskani was a Tehran-based employee of Fanavar Moj Khavar (Fana Moj), a company located in Tehran, Iran. In 2009, Ghodskani, along with co-defendant Alireza Jalali and others, established Green Wave Telecommunication, Sdn Bhn, (Green Wave), a company located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that operated as a front for Fana Moj. As part of the conspiracy, Ghodskani falsely represented herself as an employee of Green Wave to U.S. companies in order to acquire export-controlled technology from the United States. On Aug. 9, 2019, Ghodskani pleaded guilty for her participation in a conspiracy to illegally export controlled technology from the United States to Iran. She was sentenced to 27 months in prison for her participation in a conspiracy to facilitate the illegal export of controlled technology from the United States to Iran.

Case Updates

2019-09-24 | Iranian Citizen Sentenced for Conspiring to Facilitate the Illegal Export of Technology to Iran

Iranian citizen Negar Ghodskani was sentenced to 27 months in prison for for her participation in a conspiracy to facilitate the illegal export of controlled technology from the United States to Iran. Ghodskani had earlier pleaded guilty to the conspiracy. According to the defendant's guilty plea and documents filed in court, from 2008 until 2011, Ghodskani, who was based in Tehran, falsely represented herself as an employee of Green Wave to U.S. Companies in order to acquire unlawfully sensitive export controlled technology from the United States on behalf of Fana Moj. In order to accomplish these acquisitions, Ghodskani and her co-conspirators concealed the ultimate unlawful destination and end users of the exported technology through false statements, unlawful financial transactions, and other means. Further, as part of the conspiracy, the defendant's co-conspirators contacted producers and distributors of the sought-after technology, solicited purchase agreements, and negotiated the purchase and delivery of the goods with the seller.

2019-08-09 | Iranian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Faciliatate the Illegal Export of Technology to Iran

On Aug. 9, 2019, Iranian national Negar Ghodskani pleaded guilty for her participation in a conspiracy to illegally export controlled technology from the United States to Iran.

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