Spectra Equipment (Spectra)

HQ Country of Company:
USA
Person(s) Involved:
Johnny Paul Tourino
Country/State of Residence or Citizenship:
Dana Point, California
Agency:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Location of Sentencing:
Central District of California
Date:
Outcome/Sentencing:
18 months in prison
Description:

Johnny Paul Tourino, owner of Spectra Equipment Inc., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to export high-end computer servers to Iran, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and U.S. sanctions. Between September 2015 and March 2017, Tourino negotiated the sale of five business-class computer servers worth $2.1 million, intended for Iranian financial institutions Bank Mellat and Bank Keshavarzi. He falsely claimed the servers were destined for other countries, such as Africa and Slovenia, to evade detection.

Tourino also attempted to conceal these transactions by deleting emails and misrepresenting the destination of the servers to the Department of Treasury. Additionally, in 2015, he brokered the sale of four servers to Bank Mellat, which were equipped with high-level encryption technology.

Alongside his prison sentence, Tourino was fined $20,000 and agreed to forfeit approximately $2 million in seized funds. 

Fine:
Total Fine
$20,000
Total Forefeiture
$2,124,859
Total Special Assessment
$100
Grand Total
$2,144,959
Source:
Dana Point Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Export High-End Computer Servers to Iran
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