IMRAN KHAN Pleads Guilty to Illegal Export Scheme

North Haven resident IMRAN KHAN, 43, has pleaded guilty in federal court for orchestrating an illegal export scheme that posed a significant threat to national security.

The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Deirdre M. Daly, announced yesterday that KHAN waived his right to be indicted and admitted his guilt. From 2012 to 2016, he was involved in a scheme to purchase goods controlled under the Export Administration Regulations and export them without a license to Pakistan.

Operating under pseudonyms Brush Locker Tools and Kauser Enterprises-USA, KHAN falsely certified that the products would remain within the U.S. Despite knowing the export required a license, he sent goods to entities on the U.S. Department of Commerce Entity List, including the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

In a shocking admission, KHAN confessed to exporting an Alpha Duo Spectrometer without a license to the PAEC between August 2012 and January 2013. His sentencing is scheduled for August 25, 2017, where he faces up to 20 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Daly emphasized the commitment of her office to ensuring sensitive technology does not fall into the wrong hands, adding that violations like KHAN’s will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), highlighted the partnership between federal agencies in protecting national security and enforcing export laws. The case was investigated by DCIS, FBI, HSI, USPS, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement, with prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacabed Rodriguez-Coss.