US Citizen arrested for exporting to Iran

company was filed in Delaware

A US Citizen, Erdal Kuyumcu, CEO of Global Metallurgy, LLC was arrested today for illegally exporting a cobalt-nickel metallic powder from the United States to Iran through an intermediary in Turkey. Kuyumcu is also a Turkish name. See story here....https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/chief-executive-officer-international-metallurgical-company-arrested-exporting 

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years and a million dollar fine.

How did the Feds find out about this? Again, another mystery. The government has thousands and thousands of investigators and all the time and resources  in the world to investigate and prosecute those that break the laws of the United States.

To see what he can expect if he ends up in prison, go here...http://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG