The man pleaded guilty to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, authorities said.
ALAMO — An East Bay telecommunications consultant pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he violated U.S. sanctions against Iran while exporting software upgrades for commercial-grade telecommunications servers to the country, authorities said.
Farhad Nafeiy, 70, of Alamo, entered the plea after federal authorities filed a charge that he violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to a statement from Ismael J. Ramsey, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. Nafeiy also pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, Ramsey said.
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin scheduled Nafeiy’s sentencing for Jan. 29, 2024. Ramsey said Nafeiy could receive a maximum of 20 years in prison for violating the IEEPA and five years in prison for the tax evasion. According to Ramsey, the IEEPA banned certain activities and transactions with Iran, because the country was considered an extraordinary threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy and economy. Ramsey said the sanctions on Iran prohibit exporting or facilitating the export of U.S.-origin products to Iran and providing the country services.Ramsey said Nafeiy obtained licenses from the Office of Foreign Assets Control — a branch of the U.S.
Nafeiy in the plea agreement admitted that he knew he violated the terms of the license by doing so, and that he sold $400,000 worth of upgrades, Ramsey said. He added that the guilty plea to income tax evasion came from that unreported money.
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