Ghomi, 63, was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law allowing the U.S. president to freeze foreign assets during a national emergency. Prosecutors have alleged Ghomi’s company, Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh, supplied U.S. networking and security equipment to Atomic Energy Organization from 2017 to 2023 and to Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics between 2014 and 2022, according to the Justice Department.
Ghomi allegedly laundered more than $15 million from Iran into U.S. bank accounts and a construction escrow account, the Justice Department said, saying he falsely reported the funds as foreign inheritance and noting his federal tax returns reported almost no income.
