This was on rare Sunday post..
“This case serves as a reminder to anyone who acts as an agent of the Iranian government in the
United States, that American law enforcement is relentless in our efforts to protect the national
security of this country and the freedoms of our citizens,” said Rachel L. Rojas, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Jacksonville Division.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/pensacola-executive-sentenced-40-months-federal-prison-conspiring-foreign-nationals
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida,
today announced that Pensacola business owner James P. Meharg, 60, was sentenced to 40 months in
prison on federal charges of conspiring to sell and export power generating equipment to a
recipient in Iran, and concealing the scheme, as well as having payments routed to Meharg via a
foreign country. Meharg, CEO and president of Turbine Resources International, LLC, in Pensacola,
conspired with citizens of the United Kingdom and Iran to export a large turbine and parts from the
United States to an Iranian recipient, in violation of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions
Regulations as well as federal criminal law.