Federal authorities arrested a dual U.S.-Iranian national in a predawn raid on his Newport Coast, California, mansion Wednesday on charges of smuggling U.S.-origin networking, security, and encryption equipment to Iran’s military and nuclear programs in violation of U.S. sanctions law.
Jamshid Ghomi, 63, founder and CEO of Tehran-based Faraz Pardaz Rayaneh Co. Ltd. (FPR), faces a federal criminal complaint charging him with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). He appeared in the United States District Court in Santa Ana Wednesday afternoon.
Today, Jamshid Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who lives in a $35 million mansion in Orange County, California, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with selling computer technology to Iranian companies and Iran’s government — including technology to help… pic.twitter.com/EdL4OsB8Y5
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) June 3, 2026
According to the complaint affidavit, Ghomi used personal eBay and PayPal accounts to purchase hundreds of controlled items between 2011 and 2023, routing goods through UAE intermediaries before delivery to Iran. Between 2014 and 2018 alone, he arranged the smuggling of more than 250 metric tons of networking equipment using Dubai-based freight forwarders. Internal correspondence referred to Iran as “Motherland.”
From 2017 to 2023, FPR supplied equipment to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), sanctioned for its role in uranium enrichment. From 2014 to 2022, FPR also supplied Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
“As alleged, Ghomi enriched himself by supplying U.S. technology to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and other sanctioned entities responsible for Iran’s nuclear program,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg.
Prosecutors say Ghomi laundered more than $15 million through shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, Turkey, and the UAE. His tax returns reported a maximum annual income of $20,684. He claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit in seven tax years.
Prosecutors said Ghomi funded his $35 million Newport Coast estate with scheme proceeds. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is initiating seizure of the property.
The arrest came four days after OFAC, BIS, and the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, the same enforcement cluster involved here, designated a separate Iran-linked procurement ring under the “Economic Fury” sanctions campaign.
IRS Criminal Investigation and BIS are conducting the investigation. If convicted, Ghomi faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
