An Iranian-American man living in a $35 million Newport Beach, California, mansion was nabbed Wednesday as the U.S. Department of Justice charged him with violating sanctions and supplying key technology to Iranian companies —as well as the regime's military and nuclear entities.
The DOJ announced the bust on itheir official website:
Jamshid Ghomi, 63, of Newport Coast, is charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Ghomi is expected to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Santa Ana.
“Ghomi is accused of aiding our declared enemies by selling U.S.-origin computer networking parts to Iran and earning millions of dollars in violation of U.S. sanction laws,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “Our nation’s laws prohibiting doing business with one of the world’s largest state sponsors of terrorism must be enforced and obeyed. We will hold him accountable by seeking an appropriate prison sentence and by seizing his assets, including his $35 million Newport Beach mansion.”
Looks like Ghomi may be in for a rough ride:
Today, Jamshid Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who lives in a $35 million mansion in Orange County, California, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with selling computer technology to Iranian companies and Iran’s government — including technology to help… pic.twitter.com/EdL4OsB8Y5
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) June 3, 2026
Today, Jamshid Ghomi, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who lives in a $35 million mansion in Orange County, California, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with selling computer technology to Iranian companies and Iran’s government — including technology to help with Iran’s military and nuclear program.
These allegations assert that the defendant violated U.S. sanctions against Iran, aided one of our nation’s enemies, supported Iran’s nuclear program, and got rich doing it. Not only is he being arrested today, but we also are beginning the process of seizing his mansion, which was purchased with his illegal proceeds. Thanks to the work of @USAttyEssayli ’s office, @CommerceGov, and @IRS_CI ’s Los Angeles Field Office, he will face the full force of justice.
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Here’s the alleged conspirator getting hauled away:
🚨 JUST IN: The FBI has just RAIDED a $35 MILLION mansion in Southern California after an Iranian tech boss allegedly secretly supplied US military hardware to IRAN’S *MILITARY AND NUCLEAR PROGRAMS*
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026
Wow. This is HUGE, @FBIDirectorKash! 👏🏻
Jamshid Ghomi has been ARRESTED by… pic.twitter.com/rDFpwqkswJ
The DOJ alleged that Ghomi operated a sophisticated system to sell networking equipment and other technology to an enemy of the United States — and that he knew exactly what he was doing.
Ghomi knew this conduct was illegal and took deliberate steps to conceal it. He directed his UAE co-conspirators to keep his name off shipping paperwork, to omit invoices from shipments bound for Iran, and on at least two occasions to hide U.S.-origin computer equipment inside larger shipments. He used front companies in the UAE to obscure his role, and he personally received warnings on invoices and software licenses that exporting these goods to Iran was prohibited.
He and his accomplices made their true loyalties to "the Motherland" abundantly clear:
Ghomi and his co-conspirators referred to Iran as “Motherland” in their internal correspondence concerning the equipment’s procurement.
FPR’s annual sales exceeded $10 million, and its clientele included hundreds of Iranian companies and government entities, many of which were subject to U.S. sanctions. A relatively small but significant portion of that business went to the most sensitive end-users in Iran: the Iranian regime’s nuclear and military establishment.
The feds are also investigating the alleged perp for money laundering, tax evasion, and other crimes.
Ghomi could face up to 20 years if convicted. My question: how did he manage to avoid the attention of the authorities for so long? You’d think his buying a plot of land and throwing up a $35 mansion might have raised some eyebrows. Of course, being rich is perfectly legal, but, amazingly, nobody thought to ask, where's all that moolah coming from?
They're asking now, and it looks like Ghomi could soon be trading mansion living for a life in a 7-by-10-foot cell.
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