Iranian brothers convicted in US moved to Canada, granted new names by Ontario gov

https://tnc.news/2024/10/10/iranian-brothers-convicted-new-names-ontario1/

Two brothers United States authorities had convicted for skirting sanctions on Iran by exporting restricted materials back to their home country managed to legally resettle in Canada after their sentencing with new identities.

According to documents obtained by Global News, Iranian brothers Amin and Arash Yousefijam were sentenced for using shell companies to illegally export sensitive manufacturing equipment back to their home country of Iran, while living in Michigan in 2021.

Beginning in 2015, the two brothers and a third conspirator in Iran operated a shell company, Austin General Trading, to conduct what is known as a “cross-stuffing” scheme.