Man Accused of Sending Tech Secrets to Iran

(Detroit News) Amin Hasanzadeh, 42, a post-doc researcher at the University of Michigan, has been accused of stealing confidential data about a secret project involving an aerospace industry supercomputer from a company in Metro Detroit and sending it to his brother, who is linked to Iran's nuclear weapons industry, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday. Hasanzadeh, a permanent resident in the U.S., is charged with fraud for lying about having served in the Iranian military, as well as interstate transportation of stolen property.


2019-11-11 00:00:00

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