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A judge in the US state of Minnesota on Thursday sentenced a 33-year-old Iranian business owner to 23 months in prison for his business activity, allowing Iranians to circumvent US sanctions on their country and buy products. from the United States using forged identity documents.
Sayed Shaheed Carpet established an online company called “Payment 24”, which is based in Iran, and its “main activity” is to provide advice to Iranian citizens on the purchase of products from US companies, according to a statement issued by the Department. Justice of the United States on Thursday.
“The company has proposed to its customers a package to help them make purchases over the Internet from companies located in the United States, which includes a Paypal account, a false identity card and address, an IP address in the United Arab Emirates United States and a Visa bank gift card, “the statement added.
The site suggested advice “on how to create accounts with foreign identities and to avoid restrictions on foreign websites, especially advising customers never to access sites with an Iranian IP address.”
The statement added that the company’s website indicated that “fees are required to circumvent US sanctions.”
Payment 24 employed 40 people and had offices in Tehran and Isfahan.
The statement quoted Deputy Attorney General in charge of Homeland Security John Demers as saying that Syed “two martyrs lied to US suppliers, illegally transferred money from Iran, used false passports and identity documents, and established a company whose sole purpose is to circumvent the US sanctions and allowing others to do the same. ” The same”.
For her part, commented the federal prosecutor in Minnesota Erica MacDonald, stating that “these actions are criminal and violate our interests in matters of national security.”
Sayed Sajjad was arrested two martyrs in London on November 11, 2018, and deported on May 15 to the United States, where he admitted the charges against him in June.
