A Pakistani national has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of exporting items and technology used in activities related to nuclear reactors and processing and production of nuclear materials.
Nadeem Akhtar, 45, of Silver Spring in Maryland, had an initial appearance before US Magistrate Judge Mildred Methvin, in Baltimore on Wednesday.
"The indictment alleges that Nadeem Akhtar conspired to violate export regulations by selling controlled items while misrepresenting what they were and to whom they would be sold," said US Attorney Rod J Rosenstein.
From October 2005 through March 2010, Akhtar conspired with others to illegally export restricted goods and technology to Pakistan without the necessary licenses, specifically radiation detection devices, resins for coolant water purification, calibration and switching equipment and surface refinishing abrasives, he said.
All of those items require a license for export because they can be used in activities related to nuclear reactors and the processing and production of nuclear material, the Department of Justice said.
Akhtar is alleged to have attempted to conceal the ultimate end-use and/or end-users of the commodities that he sought to purchase and export, and their true value by causing false, misleading and incomplete information to be placed on documents such as invoices, purchase orders, air bills and end-user statements.
He also transported funds to carry out this illegal activity.
"The US regulates the export of items that can be used in nuclear facilities, requiring a seller to truthfully disclose the end user," Rosenstein said.
"This arrest is the product of a vigorous, cooperative joint-agency
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