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A Minnesota electronics company, identified as Digi-Key in unsealed court filings, was deceived into exporting dual-use electronics components to Iran by Green Wave Telecommunications, a company based in Malaysia. Digi-Key believed that it was sending the components to Green Wave for end-use in Kuala Lumpur, but the items were instead forwarded to Tehran-based Fanavari Moj Khavar. The indictment charged Alireza Jalali, Green Wave's former head of purchasing, and Negar Ghodskani, who worked for both Green Wave and Fanavari, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, smuggling, making false statements, and money laundering. Ghodskani allegedly manipulated her email signature when communicating with U.S. companies to give the appearance that she was working out of Malaysia, while Jalali is accused of repackaging components and misrepresenting transactions with Fanavari in order to conceal the shipment of American goods. Jalali, the only defendant in custody, is currently awaiting trial in the United States.
