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Defendant Sentenced in Conspiracy to Export
Licensing
Military Aircraft Parts to Iran
Compliance And
Enforcement MIAMI, FL. - Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Florida, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for
Seminars And Training
National Security, Michael Johnson, Special Agent in Charge, U.S.
International Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, Anthony
Programs V.Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Office of Investigations, and Amie R. Tanchak, Resident
Defense Industrial
Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Criminal
Base Programs
Investigative Service, announced today that defendant Traian Bujduveanu
was sentenced in Miami federal court for his role in a conspiracy to illegally
export military and dual use aircraft parts to Iran. Bujduveanu's co-
defendant, Hassan Keshari, and his corporation, Kesh Air
International, were sentenced in May 2009.
U. S. District Court Judge Patricia Seitz sentenced Bujduveanu to thirty-five
(35) months' imprisonment, followed by three (3) years of supervised
release. Bujduveanu pled guilty on April 2, 2009, to Count 1
of the Indictment, which charged conspiracy to export and cause the export
of goods from the U.S. to the Islamic Republic Iran, in violation of the
Embargo imposed upon that country by the U.S. and in violation of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Title 50, United States
Code, 1705(a), and to export and cause to be exported defense articles, in
violation of the Arms Export Control Act, Title 22, United States
Code, Section 2778(b), all in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
Section 371.
As part of his plea, Bujduveanu, a Romanian national and naturalized U.S.
citizen, admitted that he used his Plantation, FL, corporation, Orion
Aviation, to sell aircraft parts to Keshari for purchasers in Iran and
exported the aircraft parts to Iran by way of freight forwarders in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. Among the aircraft parts illegally exported to Iran
through the conspiracy were parts designed exclusively for the F-14 Fighter
Jet, the Cobra AH-1 Attack Helicopter, and the CH-53A Military Helicopter.
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Jet, the Cobra AH-1 Attack Helicopter, and the CH-53A Military Helicopter.
All of these aircraft are part of the Iranian military fleet, while the F-14 is
known to be used exclusively by the Iranian military. Moreover, all of the
parts supplied by Bujduveanu as part of the conspiracy are manufactured in
the U.S., are designed exclusively for military use, and have been
designated by the U.S. Department of State as "defense articles" on the
U.S. Munitions List, thus requiring registration and licensing with the
Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Neither
Bujduveanu nor his co-defendants are registered or had the required
licenses to ship defense articles to Iran.
According to the Indictment and statements and documents filed with the
court, Bujduveanu received orders by email from Keshari requesting
specific aircraft parts for buyers in Iran. Bujduveanu then provided quotes,
usually by e-mail, to Keshari. After the receipt of payment for the parts
from Keshari, Bujduveanu then the parts to a company in Dubai through
the use of false or misleading shipping document. From Dubai, the parts
were then shipped on to the purchasers in Iran.
Bujduveanu has been in federal custody since his arrest in June 2008.
Mr. Sloman commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Office of Investigations, and the U.S. Department of Defense,
Defense Criminal Investigative Service, for their work on this investigation.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Damian.
Trial Attorney Ryan Fayhee, of the Counterespionage Section of the Justice
Department's National Security Division, is providing assistance.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United
States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at
www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be
found on the website of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or
http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
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