Australian charged in plot to send military items to Iran

David Levick and his company was also charged with illegally exporting goods to an embargoed nation.

A US federal grand jury indicted an Australian man for plotting to export components for missiles,drones and torpedoes to Iran in violation of a trade embargo,the Justice Department said.

David Levick,50,and his company ICM Components,based in Thorleigh,Australia,were each charged yesterday with a count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Arms Export Control Act; the Justice Department said in a statement. Levick also was charged with four counts of illegally exporting goods to an embargoed nation in violation of the IEEPA,the statement added.

He and his company allegedly carried out purchases from 2007-2009 on behalf of an unnamed Iranian who would not have been able to make such purchases without US government consent.

Levick faces a potential maximum sentence of 85 years in prison if convicted of all charges,the department said.

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