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Mozaffar Khazaee entered his plea to violating the Arms Export Control Act in federal court and faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing for Khazaee, who's 60, is set for May.
Federal prosecutors said Khazaee, who used to live in Manchester, stole information about engines used in the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor programs from three employers, including East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney. He tried to use that information to get a job with multiple state-controlled universities in Iran from 2009 to 2013, authorities said.
Khazaee sent emails with information about the Joint Strike Fighter program to a person in Iran in November and December 2009, prosecutors said. In the emails, Khazaee described the knowledge and skills he obtained while working for the U.S. defense contractors, they said.
Guilty Plea in Iran, F-35 Data Smuggling Case
He was arrested Jan. 9 of 2014 while on his way to Tehran; he had further technical data on his person when he was seized.
It's not the only known case of industrial secrets being stolen from defense contractors being pursued by attorneys in Connecticut.
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You could give Iran or most other countries in the world a full set of blueprints and they wouldn't be able to build 5% of it.
You could give Iran or most other countries in the world a full set of blueprints and they wouldn't be able to build 5% of it.
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