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States who was ultimately able to obtain these items from the Massachusetts firm by slightly
altering the frequency range of the antennas to avoid detection by the company’s export
compliance officer. Ultimately, between July and September 2007, a total of 50 cavity-backed
spiral antennas and five biconical antennas were exported from the United States to Corezing in
Singapore and Hong Kong. No party to these transactions -- including Ravan or IMI -- ever
applied for or received a license from the State to export any of these antennas from the United
States to Singapore or Hong Kong. This investigation was conducted by ICE, FBI and BIS.
Military Aircraft Parts to Iran – On Nov. 15, 2012, Alireza Moazami Goudarzi, an Iranian
national, was charged in an indictment in the Southern District of New York in connection with a
plot to illegally export military and civilian aircraft components from the United States to Iran.
Goudarzi was arrested in Malaysia on Oct. 24, 2012 and the United States is seeking his
extradition. According to the indictment, in 2010, Goudarzi contacted a U.S. supplier seeking to
buy certain civilian aircraft parts for shipment to Iran, and, as an incentive, offered to pay more
than market value because of the embargo on sending these parts to Iran. After the supplier
referred the solicitation to investigating agents, an undercover agent began corresponding with
Goudarzi regarding the proposed purchase, as well as other purchases of aircraft parts that he
sought. Those purchases included rotor blades for a particular model of attack helicopter, and
most recently, jet engine parts listed on the U.S. Munitions List. Goudarzi met with the UC in
person to purchase those parts and made payments to the UC towards their purchase. The
indictment charges Goudarzi with conspiracy, money laundering and violations of the Arms
Export Control Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The investigation
was conducted by ICE and DCIS
Ammunition to Mexico – On Nov. 15, 2012, Bryan Nelson Schonberg was sentenced in the
Western District of Texas to four years in prison for conspiracy to smuggle ammunition from the
United States, conspiracy to smuggle high-capacity firearms magazines, and conspiracy to
commit money laundering. On Aug. 15, 2012, Schonberg pleaded guilty to the charges,
admitting that from July 2010 to July 2012, he and others conspired to smuggle ammunition for
AK-47 and AR-15 type firearms as well as high-capacity firearms magazines from the United
State to Mexico. This investigation was conducted by ICE.
Restricted Microwave Amplifier Technology to China – On Oct. 31, 2012, Fu-Tain Lu was
sentenced in the Northern District of California to 15 months in prison. On Nov. 17, 2011, Lu
pleaded guilty to selling sensitive microwave amplifiers to the People’s Republic of China
without the required license. Lu was the owner and founder of Fushine Technology, Inc.,
corporation formerly located in Cupertino, Calif. Fushine was an exporter of electronic
components used in communications, radar and other applications. At the time of the
offense, Fushine had a sales representative agreement with Miteq Components, Inc., a New
York-based manufacturer of microwave and satellite communications components and
subsystems. Lu admitted that, on March 1, 2004, Fushine submitted a purchase order to
Miteq for one microwave amplifier and requested that Miteq notify Fushine immediately if
an export license was required. Miteq responded that the part was controlled for export to
China. Nonetheless, on April 2, 2004, Fushine exported the amplifier to co-defendant
Everjet Science and Technology Corporation (Everjet), located in China, without a license
from the Department of Commerce. Lu further admitted that the amplifier he shipped was
restricted for export to China for reasons of national security. Lu, along with the two
corporate defendants, Fushine and Everjet, were first indicted on April 1, 2009. A
superseding indictment was returned on Feb. 17, 2010. In addition to the count of
conviction, the indictment also charged him with conspiring to violate U.S. export
regulations, and lying to federal agents who were investigating that conduct. The
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