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Sahebali Moulaei serves as the managing director of Sepehr Ghoghnoos Kish Company, a firm located on the Iranian island of Kish; records from Iran’s company register indicate that Moulaei also chairs the firm’s board of directors;
According to the indictment, Sahebali Moulaei conspired to export United States-origin airplane parts to a state-owned enterprise in Iran, without receiving a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC);
The Justice Department accuses Faghihi and Moulaei of partnering with Alfrets Kaunang, a businessman in the Indonesian province of West Java, and his son Arnold Kaunang. The pair operate the Indonesian company PT. Alstevia Dirga Deraya. According to the firm’s website, it is a provider of “total aircraft support” and “aircraft spare parts.” The website’s “Aircraft Capabilities” section further suggests that PT. Alstevia Dirga Deraya can service several types of Soviet- and U.S.-origin military aircraft;
Over the course of the scheme, PT. Alstevia Dirga Deraya bought goods from the United States, then worked with HRM Enterprise to send the products to Sepehr Ghoghnoos Kish in Iran;
According to U.S. authorities, the operation began in August 2015, when Faghihi asked Moulaei for assistance with the acquisition of U.S.-made components for IAMI aircraft. Moulaei then contacted the Kaunangs, who used their company to buy the goods from the United States. After making the purchases, the Kaunaungs would transship the parts from Indonesia to Malaysia in coordination with HRM Enterprise, Moulaei’s Malaysian company. Moulaei would then forward the components to Sepehr Ghoghnoos Kish in Iran. Throughout this process, Moulaei received payments for his services from IAMI before redistributing some of the money to the Kaunangs;
Sepehr Ghoghnoos Kish then received the shipments in Iran. HRM Enterprise gave the Kaunangs at least $40,000 for the purchases;
Industry:
Tech Industry
Also Known As:
Sepehr Ghoghnoos Kish
Country:
Iran
Reason for the color:
» Iranian Military Employs Indonesian Front Companies;