[HN Gopher] 5 years sentence for buying an Iranian friend CPU bo...
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       5 years sentence for buying an Iranian friend CPU board& servo
       stuff from eBay
        
       Author : ironmnn
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2021-07-24 17:53 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.justice.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.justice.gov)
        
       | ironmnn wrote:
       | "Arash Jam, Amin Jam, and Abdollah Momeni allegedly conspired
       | with each other and others to obtain goods in the United States
       | and export them to Iran. Specifically, the defendants are alleged
       | to have conspired to fraudulently and knowingly export and send
       | nine electrical discharge boards, one CPU board, two servo
       | motors, and two railroad crankshafts from the United States to
       | Iran in violation of economic sanctions. If convicted, the
       | defendants face a statutory maximum penalty of five years in
       | federal prison and a $250,000 fine on the export and smuggling
       | violations, and 20 years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine on
       | the money laundering violation."
       | 
       | US Department of Justice
       | 
       | Shameful.
        
         | wkearney99 wrote:
         | That they deliberately conspired to skirt sanctions?
         | 
         | Shameful, indeed.
         | 
         | One has already plead guilty.
         | 
         | https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/iranian-national-pleads-guilt...
        
       | totalZero wrote:
       | > nine electrical discharge boards, one CPU board, two servo
       | motors, and two railroad crankshafts
       | 
       | The title of this submission editorializes the content. Who buys
       | two railroad crankshafts for their friend?
        
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