I, Robert Pinches, being first duly sworn, depose and state as follows:

AFFIANT’S BACKGROUND

1. I am a Special Agent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"). I have served in HSI since December 2010, and have successfully completed criminal investigator training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia (FLETC). I am currently assigned to conduct investigations involving illegal exports and have successfully completed Counter-Proliferation Investigations Training course at FLETC. My current responsibilities include investigating the illegal transfer and export of commodities, information, and services from the United States, which are regulated by the United States Departments of State, Commerce, and the Treasury. I have received formal training in the laws and regulations relating to the Arms Export Control Act (“AECA”), 22 U.S.C. § 2778, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), 22 C.F.R. Parts 120 – 130, as well as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), 50 U.S.C §§ 1701-1706, and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”), 31 C.F.R. Part 560. I have conducted and participated in investigations of the above listed laws and regulations.

2. I am familiar with the facts and circumstances set forth below from my personal participation in the investigation, my review of emails, documentation, and publicly available information, and my conversations with other law enforcement officers. Where the actions, statements, and conversations of others are recounted herein, they are recounted in substance and part, unless otherwise indicated. Where the affidavit contains items in quotation marks, those quotations are based on agent notes and may not be completely verbatim. Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of supporting a criminal complaint, I am setting forth only those facts and circumstances necessary to establish probable cause for the issuance of the requested complaint. Unless otherwise indicated, all written and oral statements referred to herein are set forth in substance and in part, rather than verbatim.

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