Federal authorities are in the process of seizing this $35 million mansion in Newport Coast, Calif., owned by dual U.S.-Iranian citizen Jamshid Ghomi, after he was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on June 3, for allegedly supplying the Iranian government with technology for the country’s nuclear program. U.S. Department of Justice
Federal authorities arrested a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen living in a $35 million mansion on the Southern California coast on June 3 and charged him with violating sanctions against Iran by allegedly supplying American-made technology to Iran’s nuclear program and military.
Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast, Calif., was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles announced. If convicted, Ghomi faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.