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WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Irish company Mac Aviation and two of its officers have been charged by a U.S. grand jury for allegedly buying U.S. equipment and sending it illegally to Iran.
The superseding indictment announced Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department revolves around purchasing F-5 fighter aircraft parts, helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms.
Company officials named in the indictment are Thomas and Sean McGuinn of Sligo, Ireland.
The Justice Department said the company and its officers were originally charged in a sealed 25-count indictment in July 2008 with two counts of conspiracy, 19 counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Iranian Transactions Regulations, four counts of false statements and forfeiture allegations.
Among items illegally exported in that indictment were the purchase of 17 helicopter engines from Rolls-Royce Corp. in Indiana for $4.27 million on behalf of an Iranian trading company, the Justice Department said.
The two new counts pertain to Mac Aviation and Thomas McGuinn's alleged procurement of military items -- specifically F-5 fighter canopy panels -- from a U.S. company and their export to Iran in 2005-06. In purchasing and exporting the panels the defendants allegedly claimed the end user was Nigeria, the Justice Department said.
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