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Consultant Charged With Violating Iran Trade Embargo

08 January 2010 [11:06] - TODAY.AZ
A former McKinsey & Co. management consultant was arrested Thursday on charges he operated an unlicensed money-transfer business between the U.S. and Iran, violating a U.S. trade embargo, prosecutors said Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Mahmoud Reza Banki, 33, was charged with conspiracy, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and conducting an unlicensed money-transmitting business. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the IEEPA violation count.

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