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Home Front: WoT
California Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Computers to Iran
2012-02-18
Summary:
Massoud Habibion and the company he founded, Costa Mesa, CA-based Online Micro LLC pled guilty to conspiring to ship computers to Iran illegally via Dubai. Part owner Mohsen Motamedian pled guilty to obstructing justice.

First Online Micro sold and shipped 1,000 Dell computers, for which they had paid $500,000 in 2007. Dell cut them off after receiving a number of service calls from Iran.

In 2009 and 2010 Online Micro conspired and did ship computer-related goods to Iran via Dubai valued at more than $4.9 million. The two men lied on export forms and to federal agents, a very bad thing for which Habibion will likely spend five years in prison after paying a large fine, and Motamedian will be sentenced to twenty years with a smaller fine.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  $500 for a Dell? Sounds steep.

He probably bought them as surplus by the pallet for a tenth of that, refurbed them and sold 'em as new.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-02-18 15:30  

#2  "Wonder if they came with the stuxnet option."

Could be, Nimble.

After all, dem nefarious Juices are able to do anything (even to stuff they're not involved with). It's that special Juice magic. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2012-02-18 08:50  

#1  $500 for a Dell? Sounds steep. Wonder if they came with the stuxnet option.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2012-02-18 08:33  

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