Iranian National Used Fake US Company IDs to Steal Military-Grade Technology for Tehran, Treasury Says

Ali Majd Sepehr allegedly defrauded dozens of U.S. IT vendors of millions of dollars’ worth of restricted goods.

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The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted an Iran-based procurement ring on Friday for using fake American businesses to deceive U.S. technology companies and funnel restricted military goods to Tehran.

Iranian national Ali Majd Sepehr, through his company Sorena Hushmand Samaneh Company—known as Sorena—allegedly created false U.S. business identities to defraud dozens of American IT firms, resellers, and vendors out of millions of dollars, the department said.