Former FAA contractor sentenced for acting as agent of Iranian government

Former FAA contractor sentenced for acting as agent of Iranian government

A former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor from Virginia was sentenced to one year in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent of the Iranian government in the United States, according to prosecutors. Abouzar Rahmati, 43, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Great Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy and acting as an agent of Iran without prior notification and to conspiracy to do so, according to the U.S. A…

Ex-FAA Contractor Sentenced to Federal Prison

A former FAA contractor was sentenced to one year in federal prison on Tuesday for passing sensitive information to the government of Iran. Abouzar Rahmati, 43, a naturalized citizen and resident of Great Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty in April to acting as a foreign agent without registering with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, and conspiracy to do the same. Rahmati allegedly gave nonpublic information about American aviation and solar ene…