Niloufar Bahadorifar (a.k.a. “Nellie Bahadorifar”) was sentenced to four years in prison for providing financial services to Iran and the government of Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. Bahadorifar's services ultimately supported a plot to kidnap an Iranian dissident living in New York City, which was orchestrated by Iranian intelligence officials and included co-defendant Mahmoud Khazein. In one instance, Bahadorifar allegedly facilitated a payment to a private investigator for surveilling the target of the plot.