California Tech Executive Arrested After Messages Referred To Iran As “Motherland” In Scheme

According to a report by New York Post on Thursday, June 04, 2026, Federal authorities have arrested California resident Jamshid Ghomi, a dual US-Iranian national, on allegations that he spent more than a decade illegally supplying US-origin technology to customers in Iran, including entities linked to the country’s nuclear and defense sectors, according to the US Department of Justice.

Ghomi, 63, is the founder and chief executive of Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh (FPR), a computer networking company based in Tehran. Prosecutors charged him with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. Authorities are also seeking asset forfeiture, including a Newport Beach mansion valued at approximately $35 million that prosecutors claim was financed through proceeds from the alleged scheme.

According to the criminal complaint, Ghomi used FPR beginning in 2011 to acquire and transport controlled US networking, security and encryption technology into Iran without obtaining licenses from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

The Justice Department alleged that between 2014 and 2018, Ghomi arranged shipments of more than 250 metric tonnes of networking equipment through freight forwarders in Dubai while concealing Iran as the final destination. Investigators also accused him of instructing associates to exclude his name from shipping records, omit invoices from Iran-bound cargo and conceal US equipment inside larger shipments. Internal communications reportedly referred to Iran as “Motherland.”

Authorities said FPR supplied US-origin technology to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 2017 to 2023. The agency oversees Iran’s centrifuge and uranium enrichment activities and was sanctioned by the US State Department in 2020. The company also allegedly supplied Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics and related defense-electronics entities between 2014 and 2022.

Prosecutors further alleged that more than $15 million was funneled into US accounts between 2011 and 2024 through offshore entities, while Ghomi reported the funds to the IRS as a foreign inheritance and declared minimal annual income on federal tax returns……See More