Nearly a dozen years after he was indicted, a 44-year-old Iranian citizen has been extradited from Panama to face U.S. charges in an alleged goods-trading scheme.
Reza Dindar, also known as Renda Dindar, is accused of conspiring with others to benefit his native country with U.S.-made, military-related technology.
“The members of this conspiracy thought they could evade export restrictions by shipping goods through a third country—in this case, China,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd said in a statement.
But law enforcement uncovered the scheme, and a grand jury approved a nine-count indictment in August 2014, finally leading to Dindar’s court appearance in Seattle on April 20….