D.C. U.S. Attorney: Scheme to Transfer Money to Iran Results in Guilty Pleas
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release:
Muzzamil Zaidi, 40, and Asim Mujtaba Naqvi, 40, both of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty today for their roles in an illicit scheme to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from the United States to Iran, including for the benefit of Ayatollah Ali Husseini Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The guilty pleas were announced by U.S. . . .
Muzzamil Zaidi, 40, and Asim Mujtaba Naqvi, 40, both of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty today for their roles in an illicit scheme to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from the United States to Iran, including for the benefit of Ayatollah Ali Husseini Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The guilty pleas were announced by U.S. . . .