Charges Against Iranian and Chinese Nationals for Acquiring Components for Drones for Iran Revealed

The Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging two men – Iranian National Hossein Hatefi Ardakani (“Ardakani”) and Chinese National Gary Lam – with crimes related to the procurement of U.S.-manufactured dual-use microelectronics for Iran. Concurrent with this unsealing, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated Ardakani and […]