In this U.S. Navy-released handout, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury at sea on March 1, 2026. U.S. Navy via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted an Iran-based procurement ring on Friday for using fake American businesses to deceive U.S. technology companies and funnel restricted military goods to Tehran.Iranian national Ali Majd Sepehr, through his company Sorena Hushmand Samaneh Company—known as Sorena—allegedly created false U.S. business identities to defraud dozens of American IT firms, resellers, and vendors out of millions of dollars, the department said.
Iranian National Used Fake US Company IDs to Steal Military-Grade Technology for Tehran, Treasury Says
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