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Guilty plea in Iran computer shipments
A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge involving a $4,000 check he wrote to a computer company, money that federal prosecutors said was used to finance illegal shipments to Iran.
Mohammad Ali Mayssami, a jeweler and precious-gems dealer from San Diego, admitted failing to report a suspicious transaction, prosecutors said. He is to be sentenced in federal court in March.
Mayssami admitted writing the check in January 2003, at his father's request, to Super Micro Computers in San Jose, prosecutors said.
They said he had received no products or services from the company and had reason to believe that Super Micro might be shipping computer equipment to Iran, in violation of U.S. law.
Super Micro pleaded guilty in September 2006 to violating federal export laws and was fined $150,000.
The company admitted it sold 300 computer motherboards to a firm in Dubai in December 2001 or January 2002, knowing that they were to be sent to Iran, prosecutors said.
Mohammad Ali Mayssami, a jeweler and precious-gems dealer from San Diego, admitted failing to report a suspicious transaction, prosecutors said. He is to be sentenced in federal court in March.
Mayssami admitted writing the check in January 2003, at his father's request, to Super Micro Computers in San Jose, prosecutors said.
They said he had received no products or services from the company and had reason to believe that Super Micro might be shipping computer equipment to Iran, in violation of U.S. law.
Super Micro pleaded guilty in September 2006 to violating federal export laws and was fined $150,000.
The company admitted it sold 300 computer motherboards to a firm in Dubai in December 2001 or January 2002, knowing that they were to be sent to Iran, prosecutors said.