WASHINGTON: A federal grand jury has indicted an Iranian and a Chinese citizen accused of trying to illegally export U.S. equipment to help Tehran to enrich uranium, U.S. officials said Friday.
One man, Patrizia Iranian khaki, was also charged with conspiring to ship radioactive material from the U.S. to customers in Iran, according to a superseding indictment returned Thursday night.
Materials White and Yi Zongcheng allegedly trying to obtain and export to Iran includes martensitic steel, aluminum alloys, mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps used to construct, operate and maintain gas centrifuges to enrich uranium.
Khaki, 43, who also goes by "Martin" and Yi, known as "Kohler" were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for conspiring to export U.S. products without properly licensed.
They were also charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, two counts of smuggling, two counts of illegal export of U.S. goods to Iran in violation of the IEEPA and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.Khaki was arrested in May by the authorities in the Philippines in a request for provisional arrest in the U.S., while Yi is still at large.
If convicted, they face up to 20 years for IEEPA violations, five years for conspiracy to defraud the United States, 10 years for each of the two counts of smuggling, 20 for each of the two charges IEEPA and 20 years for money laundering.
In December 2008, khaki asked someone in China to produce 20 tons of C-350 maraging steel, known for its resistance suitable for use in gas centrifuges to enrich uranium, the United States for their customers in Iran.
Then contacted Yi in the coming months on the purchase of 20 tons of maraging steel of a U.S. company with which Yi was in contact, according to the indictment.As he looked more maraging steel khaki is also said to have communicated with an undercover U.S. federal posing as an illegal export of U.S. goods in March 2009.
In late 2008, khaki was contacted by someone in China about getting 20 tons of 7075-O aluminum alloy rods of 80 mm and 20 tons of aluminum 7075-T6 bar 150 mm States States or Europe.
During an exchange, khaki told the person that the aluminum alloy had to be made in America because its Iranian client had found that aluminum alloy China was of poor quality.
In addition, the prosecution determined that Persimmon had sought occurring radioactive materials in the United States, asking the undercover agent to acquire knowledge source barium-133, europium-152 source, the source of cobalt-57 and cadmium -109 source of a U.S. company .
One man, Patrizia Iranian khaki, was also charged with conspiring to ship radioactive material from the U.S. to customers in Iran, according to a superseding indictment returned Thursday night.
Materials White and Yi Zongcheng allegedly trying to obtain and export to Iran includes martensitic steel, aluminum alloys, mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps used to construct, operate and maintain gas centrifuges to enrich uranium.
Khaki, 43, who also goes by "Martin" and Yi, known as "Kohler" were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for conspiring to export U.S. products without properly licensed.
They were also charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, two counts of smuggling, two counts of illegal export of U.S. goods to Iran in violation of the IEEPA and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.Khaki was arrested in May by the authorities in the Philippines in a request for provisional arrest in the U.S., while Yi is still at large.
If convicted, they face up to 20 years for IEEPA violations, five years for conspiracy to defraud the United States, 10 years for each of the two counts of smuggling, 20 for each of the two charges IEEPA and 20 years for money laundering.
In December 2008, khaki asked someone in China to produce 20 tons of C-350 maraging steel, known for its resistance suitable for use in gas centrifuges to enrich uranium, the United States for their customers in Iran.
Then contacted Yi in the coming months on the purchase of 20 tons of maraging steel of a U.S. company with which Yi was in contact, according to the indictment.As he looked more maraging steel khaki is also said to have communicated with an undercover U.S. federal posing as an illegal export of U.S. goods in March 2009.
In late 2008, khaki was contacted by someone in China about getting 20 tons of 7075-O aluminum alloy rods of 80 mm and 20 tons of aluminum 7075-T6 bar 150 mm States States or Europe.
During an exchange, khaki told the person that the aluminum alloy had to be made in America because its Iranian client had found that aluminum alloy China was of poor quality.
In addition, the prosecution determined that Persimmon had sought occurring radioactive materials in the United States, asking the undercover agent to acquire knowledge source barium-133, europium-152 source, the source of cobalt-57 and cadmium -109 source of a U.S. company .
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