A man BC was held in Washington State, accused of acting as a simple conspiracy to smuggle American technology through Canada in an attempt to overcome laws aimed at reducing Pakistan’s nuclear ambitions.
According to an indictment filed at the US District Court in Minnesota, Muhammad Jawid Aziz and two of the conspirators who have not been named are allegedly obtained thousands of dollars from the prohibited equipment for Pakistan’s military programs and weapons through a series of front companies.
Court documents claim that Aziz – also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui – was targeted in a bite by a secret American government agent working as an employee at Minnesota participating in selling mechanical devices known as linear engines.
The rapid operation and crimes in the indictment are due to 2019 – but the American authorities say that Aziz was not arrested until March 21, while he was trying to cross from Christmas to Washington, where he is currently being held waiting for transportation to Minnesota.
In a statement, the US Department of Justice claims that Aziz runs a “illegal purchasing network” from 2003 to March 2019 through a Sari -based company called various technology services, which he ran out of his home.
“The purpose of the network was to obtain US commodities on behalf of the banned entities in Pakistan, which was associated with the country’s nuclear air vehicle programs,” the statement says.
“[Aziz] A conspirator has worked to hide the real ultimate users of goods from American companies, and they often use front companies and goods across the third countries to evade the disclosure.
Buy goods “double use” for restricted companies
Aziz is accused of conspiracy to violate the law of economic power in the American emergency and the law of export monitoring reform.
None of the allegations were proven in court.
According to the indictment, the 67 -year -old is a citizen in Pakistan and Canada. The alleged conspirators are the Pakistani citizens associated with an international commercial company based in Karachi, a company claimed to be “used to buy American goods for banned entities in Pakistan.”
The court has documented the restrictions imposed on the details of the United States since it first tested a nuclear device in 1998 aimed at keeping American goods “double use” from the hands of the participating organizations in the development of nuclear weapons, missiles and drones.
A number of Pakistani government agencies and private laboratories have been placed on the so-called “entity list”-including the Pakistani Atomic Energy Committee in Islamabad.
“It was part of the method and means of conspiracy that the International Trading Company will receive and address the requests for quotes and purchase orders from institutions in Pakistan in the list of entities or front companies of those institutions,” says the indictment.
“Through various technology services, along with other companies that they used for similar purposes, [Aziz] It will approach American companies about buying goods required by the Pakistani entities restricted through the International Trade Company. “
American prosecutors claim that the goods either will be charged directly to Pakistan or through the third countries. Aziz also claims, “Sometimes he receives goods at his residence in Canada.”
“They have a commercial application”
Court documents include a detailed list of hundreds of thousands of dollars of elements that accuse Aziz and its alleged employees of purchase, including thermal conductivity units, the digital video microscope and the centrifuge.
The government bite was established in 2019 as part of what was supposed to be the purchase of goods worth about $ 5520, which is claimed to be a front company for the National Development Complex in Pakistan.
Court documents claim that Aziz contacted a Minnesota -based company to secure the purchase, which was supposed to be delivered to his address in Sari.
But without the knowledge of Aziz, a secret agent of correspondence took over the matter, and Aziz told that the goods had been seized on the border “due to a government contract, and perhaps customs” and pointed out that the possible reason is “smuggling and exporting the law.”
The agent Aziz asked about the intended application of technology and claims that they “have a commercial request.”
“They canceled the request now [to] This delay, “as Aziz wrote.
“Please keep the elements with you as soon as they are released. We may find another customer.”
The accusation penalty is 20 years in prison.