Federal agents have arrested a Newport Beach resident accused of supplying restricted US technology to the Iranian regime. Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a dual US-Iranian national and chief executive of a Tehran-based computer networking company, was detained on Wednesday at his luxury property in Newport Coast.
He is charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by acquiring and shipping sophisticated US-origin networking, security and encryption equipment to Iranian customers including the regime's nuclear and military establishment. The development comes as authorities step up disruption of illegal technology flows to adversaries.
