Canadian exporter Angelica O. Preti was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a U.S. District Court for for facilitating shipments of gas turbine engine parts to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. Preti's employer, UE Canada Inc., was involved in 23 shipments of goods from the United States to Iran during her tenure as export operations manager. Preti was the second person charged as a result of an investigation into illegal shipments of industrial equipment to Iran. Behrooz Behroozian, who owned and operated Comtech International in Dublin, Ohio, was sentenced in October 2019 to serve 20 months in prison.