- The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Iranian national Hossein Hatefi Ardakani and co-defendant Gary Lam with crimes related to the procurement of U.S.-manufactured dual-use microelectronics for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force UAV program.
- The indictment alleges Ardakani and Lam illegally purchased and exported dual-use microelectronics from the U.S. to Iran between 2014 and 2015, including components subject to U.S. export controls for national security reasons.
- The indictment further alleges that on four separate occasions Ardakani and his co-conspirators used a web of foreign companies to accomplish their obfuscation and evasion efforts. Read More