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Australian Gets Two Years in Jail for Exporting Aircraft Parts to Iran
March 22, 2019 |Penalties and Courts

A federal judge sentenced David Levick of Australia to two years in jail as a result of illegally exporting aircraft parts to a company in Iran, the Department of Justice said in a March 21 news release. The sentencing follows a 2012 indictment and extradition from Australia in December 2018. Levick was the general manager of ICM Components in Australia in 2007 and 2008 when he solicited purchase orders from someone representing a trading company in Iran. Levick then placed orders with U.S. companies for aircraft parts and other items that the Iranian person could not have directly purchased from the U.S. without government approval, the DOJ said. "When necessary, Levick used a broker in Tarpon Springs, Florida, through whom orders could be placed for the parts to further conceal the fact that the parts were intended for transshipment" to Iran, it said. "Levick intentionally concealed the ultimate end-use and end-users of the parts from manufacturers, distributors, shippers, and freight forwarders located in the United States and elsewhere. In addition, Levick and others structured their payments between each other for the parts to avoid trade restrictions imposed on Iranian financial institutions by other countries. Levick and ICM wired money to companies located in the United States as payment for the parts."

Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Scrap Metal Export Scheme
March 20, 2019 |Penalties and Courts

Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island, New York, lawyer, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and extortion on March 18, the Justice Department said in a news release. "Beginning in summer 2015, Luthmann, co-defendant George Padula and the victim participated in a scheme in which they contracted with overseas companies to sell and ship them containers of valuable scrap metal, but instead packed the containers with cheap filler material, such as concrete blocks," the DOJ said. "As part of the scheme, Luthmann registered shell companies, including Omni Metal Corporation, with the New York Department of State and recruited a client of his law practice to be the nominal president of Omni." In late 2016, the victim was threatened with a gun in the presence of Padula not to contact police.