Summary
Ali Saboonchi was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to export to an embargoed country in violation of 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203–4, and seven counts of unlawful export to an embargoed country under the same statutes. On January 16, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Saboonchi's sentence.
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Commutation · January 16, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to export to an embargoed country, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203–4; unlawful export to an embargoed country (seven counts), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203–4
Original sentence: 24 months imprisonment (District of Maryland).
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