US man charged with violating Iran export ban
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — The owner of a Pennsylvania company that makes steel-processing equipment has signed a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors on a charge he conspired to illegally sell an $800,000 machine to an Iranian firm. Documents in the case were unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Harrisburg. The agreement is subject to a judge's approval. Helmut Oertmann is CEO and owner of Hetran Inc., of Orwigsburg. Prosecutors say he falsified paperwork to get around a U.S. trade embargo and deliver a machine to be used in Iran ...
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