Summary
Arash Ghahreman 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; conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 554; attempted export to an embargoed country and aiding and abetting under 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705, 31 C.F.R §§ 560.203 & 560.204, and 18 U.S.C. § 2; smuggling of goods from the United States and aiding and abetting under 18 U.S.C. §§ 554 & 2; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h) & (a)(2)(A); and laundering of monetary instruments and aiding and abetting on two counts under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A) & 2. On January 16, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted his sentence.
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Commutation · January 16, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to export to embargoed country, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. § 560; conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 554; attempted export to embargoed country, aiding and abetting, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705; 31 C.F.R § 560.203 & 560.204; and 18 U.S.C. § 2; smuggling of goods from the United States, aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 554 & 2; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h) & (a)(2)(A); laundering of monetary instruments, aiding and abetting (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A) & 2
Counts of conviction
- Offense — and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
Original sentence: 78 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release (Southern District of California).
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