Singapore Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Role in Illegal RF Module Exports to Iran
A Singaporean man was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy involving radio frequency modules to be illegally exported to Iran, the Department of Justice said in a news release (here). The Bureau of Industry…
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and Security posted the announcement on May 9. Singapore citizen Steven Lim pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, 2016, to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by dishonest means, DOJ said. The U.S. will deport Lim when he completes his sentence. Lim admitted that between August 2007 and February 2008, he and others caused 6,000 modules to be bought and exported through Singapore, and later to Iran, in five shipments, knowing the export of the goods to Iran was a violation of U.S. law, DOJ said. For every transaction, Lim and others made misrepresentations and false statements to the involved Minnesota-based firm that Singapore was the final destination of the goods. Lim and others also caused false documents to be filed with the U.S. government, DOJ said. After the modules arrived in Singapore, they were stored at a freight forwarding company until they were aggregated with other electronic components and shipped to Iran, DOJ said.