Export Manager for Canadian Company Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Exports to Iran
A Canadian woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally exporting gas turbine engine parts from the U.S. to Iran, the Justice Department said June 26. Angelica Preti, who worked as the export operations manager at a Canadian…
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forwarding and customs brokerage services provider, helped to ship U.S.-origin engine parts and valve assemblies to Iran by concealing Iran as the end-user, the agency said. She also filed false electronic export information. During Preti’s time as export manager, the company was involved in 23 shipments exported from the U.S. traced to Iran destinations. DOJ said Preti violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and U.S. sanctions.