A Northbrook man who owned computer corporations in Chicago and Pakistan was sentenced to a yr in federal jail for illegally exporting to a Pakistani authorities nuclear analysis company.
Obaidullah Syed, 67, was dealing with as much as 20 years in jail earlier than pleading responsible to the costs final yr. He was indicted in 2020, in line with court docket information.
Syed admitted that he had violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and international commerce laws by falsely reporting shipments of computer {hardware} and software program have been meant for academic or private use in Pakistan, when as a substitute they wound up on the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
The U.S. authorities lists the Pakistani company as “an entity which can pose an uncommon or extraordinary menace to the nationwide safety, international coverage or financial system of the United States,” in line with court docket papers.
Syed additionally forfeited almost $250,000 derived from the sale of the tools.
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