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Sanctions Prosecution in SDNY Against
Bahadorifar Expands to 3 New Defendants
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 13 – For violating
Iran sanctions and money
laundering, Niloufar
Bahadorifar was been charged
in an indictment unsealed on
July 1.
On July 2,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Ronnie Abrams granted
Bahadorifar pre-trial release
on $250,000 Personal
Recognizance Bond and no
contact with known victims or
witnesses except Saman
Mehdizadeh.
On July 8, Judge
Abrams held a proceeding with
Bahadorifar appearing by
video, now represented by the
Federal Defenders (who brought
up the seizure of her driver's
license). She pleaded not
guilty; the next conference
was set for October 15.
Now on July 13,
the unsealing of kidnapping
conspiracy, sanctions
violations conspiracy, bank
and wire fraud conspiracy, and
money laundering conspiracy
charges against ALIREZA
SHAVAROGHI FARAHANI, a/k/a
“Vezarat Salimi,” a/k/a “Haj
Ali,” MAHMOUD KHAZEIN, KIYA
SADEGHI, and OMID NOORI, and
sanctions violations
conspiracy, bank and wire
fraud conspiracy, money
laundering conspiracy, and
structuring charges against
NILOUFAR BAHADORIFAR. See here.
It is expanding...
The indictment
said Bahadorifar a/k/a Nellie
"and others known and unknown
would and did provide and
cause others to provide
services to Iran and to the
Government of Iran from the US
and by US persons. Since
then, the US has zeroed in on
Mahmoud Khazein, and the
defendant's communications
about international transfers
of tens or hundreds of
millions of dollars, "in
countries including Russia and
China."
She is also
charged with bank fraud and
structuring.
This comes as the
EDNY pursues a FARA violation
case against Kaveh
Afrasiabi, who replies
that he was openly paid by
Iran's Mission to the UN,
through the UN Federal Credit
Union.
Inner City Press,
covering both cases, has asked
the UN to explain these
payments, but so far the UN
has refused to answer or allow
access.
This case
is US v. Bahadorifar,
21-cr-430 (Abrams)
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