WASHINGTON: A Singaporean man was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Thursday for helping ship US-made radio frequency modules to Iran, some of which were eventually found in IED bombs in Iraq. Lim Yong Nam, 43, also known as Steven Lim, pleaded guilty last Dec in Washington to fraud charges related to US sanctions violations by helping route 6,000 of the modules through Singapore to Iran. "Lim and his co-conspirators were directly aware of the restrictions on sending US-origin goods to Iran," the department said. Lim was detained in the case in Indonesia in 2014 and extradited to the United States last year. He pleaded guilty on Dec 15 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Source: New Strait Times April 28, 2017 02:48 UTC