{"id":1176,"date":"2026-06-04T07:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:05:54","slug":"california-tech-ceo-arrested-after-feds-say-he-supplied-sanctioned-computer-equipment-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1176","title":{"rendered":"California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A California tech CEO is facing 20 years in prison after allegedly earning millions by selling U.S.-origin computer networking equipment to Iran\u2019s military and nuclear establishments, Justice Department officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1175\">Wim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamshid Ghomi, 63, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the primary legal foundation for most U.S. economic sanctions programs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ghomi, who holds both American and Iranian citizenship, is the founder and owner of Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd., a Tehran-based computer networking company. For more than a decade, according to prosecutors, he used the company to procure U.S.-origin networking equipment for customers in Iran in violation of ongoing U.S. sanctions, federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhomi is accused of aiding our declared enemies by selling U.S.-origin computer networking parts to Iran and earning millions of dollars in violation of U.S. sanctions laws,\u201d U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said. \u201cOur nation\u2019s laws prohibiting doing business with one of the world\u2019s largest state sponsors of terrorism must be enforced and obeyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say from 2011 to 2015, Mr. Ghomi used his own eBay and PayPal accounts to make more than 400 purchases of computer-networking equipment. He had the material shipped to intermediaries in the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Ghomi is accused of negotiating the 2023 purchase of networking equipment directly with suppliers in Minnesota and Nebraska, then routing the purchases through a front company in the United Arab Emirates and on to Iran, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1173\">Washington archbishop removes priest as exorcist after comments on UFOs and demons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to 2018, prosecutors say he arranged the smuggling of more than 275 tons of networking equipment into Iran by using freight forwarders and intermediaries in Dubai to disguise that Iran was the true destination. None of the items could be lawfully exported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Mr. Ghomi took \u201cdeliberate steps\u201d to conceal his operations, telling his co-conspirators in the UAE to keep his name off shipping paperwork and omit invoices for shipments bound for Iran. On at least two occasions, he smuggled U.S.-origin computer equipment inside larger shipments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe used front companies in the UAE to obscure his role, and he personally rejected warnings on invoices and software licenses that exporting these goods to Iran was prohibited,\u201d officials said. \u201cGhomi and his co-conspirators referred to Iran as \u2019Motherland\u2019 in their internal correspondence concerning the equipment\u2019s procurement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ghomi\u2019s company had annual sales that exceeded $10 million and provided support to hundreds of Iranian companies and government entities, many of which are subject to U.S. sanctions, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1171\">Bring back standardized testing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California tech CEO is facing 20 years in prison after allegedly earning millions by selling U.S.-origin computer networking equipment to Iran&#8217;s military and nuclear establishments, Justice Department officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[899,17,898,68],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security","tag-faraz-pardaz-rayaneh-co-ltd","tag-iran","tag-jamshid-ghomi","tag-united-arab-emirates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran - Home Buyer Relocation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1176\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran - Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A California tech CEO is facing 20 years in prison after allegedly earning millions by selling U.S.-origin computer networking equipment to Iran&#039;s military and nuclear establishments, Justice Department officials said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1176\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Buyer Relocation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T07:05:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=1176#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=1176\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b2ac56955b020950324cad4c6c27b42a\"},\"headline\":\"California tech CEO arrested after feds say he supplied sanctioned computer equipment to Iran\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-04T07:05:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=1176\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/?p=1176#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/homebuyerrelocation.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/55d03c40f3f1735eefecdf2d64b4e065.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. 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