Iran tried to recruit Israeli spies

Shin Bet reveals it has uncovered attempts by Iran to recruit Israeli Jews of Iranian descent to spy for Islamic republic. 'All attempts have so far failed, but this growing phenomenon is very worrying,' Shin Bet official says

Hanan Greenberg
Published: 04.17.07

The Shin Bet has uncovered attempts by Iran to recruit Israeli Jews of Iranian descent to spy for the Islamic Republic, it was revealed Tuesday.

The Shin Bet said Iranian agents tried to recruit a dozen Israelis during trips to visit family members in the Islamic Republic.

"Until now we had to indict no one because the attempts were thwarted and that is our job. But we are very concerned by the ever-growing phenomenon," a Shin Bet agent said.

Over the last two years, over 100 Israelis approached the Iranian Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, asking for permission to visit Iran. Iran is not considered an enemy country according to Israeli law, and therefore it is not illegal for Israelis to visit there.

The Shin Bet said two Iranian agents posing as consular staff have been targeting Israelis of Iranian descent as potential spies.

The two Iranian agents have been identified by their nicknames Zainali and Abdallah, whose name is Abdallah.

"Iran sees in these people a potential to materialize its interests by spying against Israel," the Shin Bet official said. "When an Israeli arrives at the Consulate, he undergoes a prolonged questioning, during which he is asked about a range of topics, including the atmosphere in Israel, and political and social issues."

"We know of several incidents where Israelis were questioned under pressure for many hours," he added.

According to the Shin Bet, Israeli nationals who make it to Iran are not allowed to leave before being interrogated by Iranian agents and coerced to spy on Israel.

The Shin Bet also found that Iranian agents planned to use their Israeli recruits as a steppingstone to reaching other Israeli nationals connected to Israel's security services.

In one incident, an Israeli national was threatened to be thrown in jail if he refused to cooperate with the Iranian intelligence.

On other occasions, large sums of money were offered to lure Israelis into working for Iran.

Genetic Flaw Linked to Early Heart Disease Association With Osteoporosis Also Found

Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2007;297:1643-1644.

A rare mutation in an Iranian family led researchers to potentially important determinants of risks for developing heart disease and osteoporosis. A recent study found that many family members with a single genetic defect had high blood pressure, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, diabetes, and early onset coronary artery disease. Many of them also experienced unexplained hip fractures at young ages (Mani A et al. Science. 2007;315:1278-1282).

The cause of these effects was found within the gene that codes for LDL receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6). While this mutation is not found in most individuals in the population who develop heart disease or osteoporosis, it may provide clues to common abnormalities underlying altered glucose homeostasis, elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and low bone density.

A rare mutation in the LRP6 gene on chromosome 12 causes high blood pressure, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, diabetes, and early onset heart disease.

RARE MUTATION

From a screen of patients and families with coronary artery disease, a collaborative team of scientists in the United States and Iran found that among 58 blood relatives of one patient, 28 were diagnosed with early coronary artery disease, 23 of whom died of the condition by an average age of 52. In obtaining medical records and blood samples from 19 surviving members of the family (7 with early onset coronary artery disease, 5 who were unaffected, and 7 who were too young to assess) and performing a detailed genetic comparison of affected and disease-free individuals, the investigators found that a specific segment of chromosome 12 was the most likely genetic cause of the disease.

It was not until the researchers noted an increased incidence in hip fractures among affected family members that the gene, which lies within this segment of chromosome 12, was implicated. (In addition to the original patient identified, 2 other affected family members had early hip fractures, and 3 affected individuals had low bone density.) Members of the LRP family are known to be important in bone development. For example, inhibition of LRP5 and LRP6 causes osteopenia in mice (Li J et al. Bone. 2006;39:754-766), and in humans, mutations in the LRP5 gene cause the autosomal recessive disorder osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome, a disease hallmarked by severe visual impairment and osteoporosis (Gong Y et al. Cell. 2001;107:513-523). Cardiovascular effects have also been noted—for example, loss of expression of LRP5 contributes to elevated cholesterol levels and impaired glucose tolerance in mice (Fujino T et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003;100:229-234). The mutation found in this study is extremely rare, however; investigators did not find it in 400 unrelated coronary artery disease patients in the United States and Iran.

While a mutation in LRP6 plays a major role in both coronary artery disease and osteoporosis in this particular family, the study's authors doubt that either condition causes or affects the other. "Instead, it's likely that these are independent consequences of an alteration in the same underlying signaling pathway," said principal investigator Richard Lifton, MD, PhD, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Yale University School of Medicine, in New Haven, Conn.

WNT SIGNALING

That underlying signaling pathway, called Wnt, is made up of a complex network of proteins that play a role in embryonic development, cancer, and other processes. "Wnt signaling is one of those pathways that is used for many different functions throughout the body," said Lifton, adding that it plays a role in cell-to-cell interactions, particularly during development.

Experiments initiated by Arya Mani, MD, of Lifton's laboratory, revealed that the LRP6 mutation within the Iranian family causes an amino acid substitution in the encoded protein that compromises its function within the Wnt signaling pathway. LRP6's precise role and how things go awry when it is mutated are not known, however. "It's a classic scientific paradox—we know a genotype and we know a phenotype, but there's a black box in between," said Lifton.

Because of these latest findings, the Wnt signaling pathway will likely become a research target for understanding coronary artery disease and osteoporosis in some individuals. Lifton plans to study whether other mutations in the pathway might contribute to the metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease. While many other variables influence the manifestation of these conditions, and alterations in the Wnt signaling pathway may come into play in only a minority of cases, the work might have therapeutic implications for some. "Down the road, one can think about whether one might be able to intervene in therapeutically useful ways in the Wnt signaling pathway," said Lifton. Specifically, scientists may be able to disrupt or increase the activity of various components of the pathway.

Lifton also plans to explore the curious link between coronary artery disease and osteoporosis, as others have suggested that the 2 conditions occur together more often than expected by chance (Marcovitz PA et al. Am J Cardiol. 2005;96:1059-1063). "This has not been widely studied at this point but it is a tantalizing observation that dovetails into the current study," said Lifton.

Iran to clamp down on 'women dressed like models'

Iran will next week launch an annual summer crackdown on women, as well as men, whose dress is deemed to be out of line with its Islamic laws, the media reported on Tuesday.

The deputy head of Tehran's police Hossein Sadjedi-Nia warned that women "dressed up like models" with overly short mantos (coats), tight outergarments and inadequate headscarves would face being apprehended in the crackdown.

"The police forces are going to act against women who dress up like models in town. This drive is no different from the campaigns of previous years," he said.

"The arrested women will be taken to four centres. They will have to give a written engagement not to repeat the offence and can then leave when their family brings the appropriate clothing," he explained.

The police chief said that the drive, which starts on Saturday, will also target men "who wear clothes with offensive slogans and chains with certain insignia."

Women in Iran are by law obliged to cover their head with hijab (Islamic head covering) and a full length overcoat that covers all bodily contours. Visiting foreigners and religious minorities are not exempted.

Each year, as Iran's hot summer begins, the authorities announce a crackdown on loose dressing as hem lines become shorter and more skin is revealed.

However in recent years many Iranian women, especially in the capital Tehran, have sought to test the boundaries by pushing their headscarves back to reveal more hair as well as wearing shorter and tighter mantos.

When the conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president in June 2005 there were expectations that the authorities would clamp down firmly on women's dress in public.

However there has been no sign of dress sense changing and the government has repeatedly said it wants to encourage people to dress better through encouragement rather than coercion.

Pace: Iran-made weapons are in Afghanistan

By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Tuesday Apr 17, 2007 1

Iranian-made munitions meant for Taliban militants have been intercepted by coalition forces in Afghanistan within the past month, the nation’s senior uniformed military officer said Tuesday.

Following earlier U.S. assertions that Iranian-made weapons are being supplied to anti-U.S. forces in Iraq, the new revelation is the first indication of a possible effort by some elements within Iran to broaden a covert effort against U.S. forces in the region.

“It is not as clear in Afghanistan which Iranian entity is responsible,” Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told reporters in Washington. “But we have intercepted weapons in Afghanistan, headed for the Taliban, that were made in Iran.”

The munitions included mortars and “C-4-type” explosives, Pace said, and were found in Kandahar province, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. C-4 is a plastic explosive that can be molded into various shapes and set off with a detonator or blasting cap.

Pace said markings on the explosives enabled officials to determine their source.

The Defense Department has previous reported that the Iranian Quds Force, a paramilitary arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is supplying parts for sophisticated and powerful roadside bombs, as well as training, financing and technical support, for Shiite militants fighting U.S forces in Iraq. The bombs, known as explosively formed projectiles or EFPs, are far more powerful than the deadly improvised explosive devices that insurgents have used against U.S. forces in Iraq.

Officials also said U.S. forces have detained members of the Quds Force in the process of attacking the IED network in Iraq.

Last week, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said that Iranian-made arms are being supplied to Sunni extremists. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell also said during that April 11 news conference that Iranian intelligence operatives were supporting the Sunni militants.

A senior U.S. intelligence official said during a Feb. 11 background briefing in Baghdad that the Quds Force activity in Iraq couldn’t have happened without the approval of “top leaders in Iran.” The Pentagon subsequently denied such proof exists.

Gunman in Virginia shootings identified as South Korean

By John M. Broder and Christine Hauser
Published: April 17, 2007

BLACKSBURG, Virginia: The gunman who killed 32 people and himself on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Monday was identified Tuesday as a South Korean student who lived in a dormitory on campus.

Law enforcement authorities said the name of the gunman was Cho Seung-Hui, 23, a South Korean who was a resident alien in the United States. He was described as an English major in his senior year at Virginia Tech.

Investigators were trying to sift through what Colonel W. Steve Flaherty, the state police superintendent, described as a "horrific crime scene" at Norris Hall, where the shooting had caused tremendous chaos and panic. A 9-millimeter handgun and 22-caliber handgun were recovered from Norris Hall.

Personal belongings were strewn about on the second floor. Victims were found in four classrooms and a stairwell.


"We know that there were a number of heroic events took place," he said.

The university's president, Charles Steger, said Tuesday that the campus would host a convocation attended by President George W. Bush later in the day. Classes have been canceled for the week to allow students to grieve. Norris Hall will be closed completely for the semester.

"I want to assure you that we are doing everything possible to move forward," he said.

Thirty-two people were killed, along with a gunman, and at least 15 wounded in two shooting attacks at the university on Monday during three hours of horror and chaos on this sprawling campus.

It was the deadliest shooting rampage in American history and came nearly eight years to the day after 13 people died at Columbine High School in Colorado at the hands of two disaffected students who then killed themselves.

The police and witnesses said some victims were executed while other students were hurt jumping from upper-story windows of the classroom building where most of the killings occurred. After the second round of killings, the gunman killed himself, the police said.

Survivors told stories of compelling drama.

Zach Petkewicz, a student, said he barricaded a classroom door to keep the gunman out, and the gunman shot through the door.

"Me and two others got up, threw a couple of tables in front of it and had to physically hold it there while there were gunshots going on," he said on CNN. "He came to our door and tried the handle. He couldn't get it in because we were pushing up against it. He tried to force his way in and got the door to open up about six inches and then we just lunged at it and closed it back up. That's when he backed up and shot twice into the middle of the door, thinking we were up against it trying to get him out."

Petkewicz said the gunman reloaded and "kept firing down the hall."

Joseph Cacioppo, a surgeon at Montgomery Regional Hospital who treated some of the wounded, said on CNN that the injuries showed that the gunman was "brutal." None of the wounded that he treated had "less than three to four wounds in them," he said.

At least 17 of the wounded were still in the hospital Tuesday morning.

Bush sent his condolences on Monday to the families of the victims and the university community. "Schools should be places of sanctuary and safety and learning," Bush said. "When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community."

A university spokeswoman, Jenn Lazenby, said the university was looking into whether two bomb threats at the campus - one last Friday, the other earlier this month - might be related to the shootings.

Steger expressed his "horror and disbelief and sorrow" at what he described as a tragedy of monumental proportions. But questions were immediately raised about whether university officials had responded adequately to the shootings.

There was a two-hour gap between the first shootings, when two people were killed, and the second, when a gunman stalked through the halls of an engineering building across campus, shooting at professors and students in classrooms and hallways, firing dozens of rounds and killing 30. Officials said he then shot himself so badly in the face that he could not be identified.

The university did not send a campus-wide alert until the second attack had begun, even though the gunman in the first had not been apprehended.

In a news conference Tuesday, authorities said ballistic tests showed that one of the two weapons was used in both Norris Hall and the other location, West Ambler Johnston Hall, a 900-student freshman dormitory.


State, local and federal investigators were piecing together evidence from the crime scene. Flaherty of the state police superintendent, said that it was "reasonable" to assume that Cho was the gunman in both places, but there was no evidence yet with certainty that the same shooter was involved in both the dormitory and the classroom building.

There was also no evidence at this point of an accomplice, but authorities did not rule it out. "We are exploring whether or not there was someone that may or may not have helped Cho at any point during his planning or during his execution of this particular event," he said.

A number of people were being questioned. The Virginia Tech police chief, Wendell Flinchum, said that an acquaintance of a female victim killed at the dormitory had been stopped in his vehicle off campus for questioning when the shootings at Norris Hall were reported. Steger defended the decision not to shut down or evacuate the campus after the first shootings, saying officials had believed the first attack was a self-contained event, which the campus police believed was a "domestic" dispute.

"We had one shooting early in the morning that initially, and we don't know the answer to this, appeared to be a domestic fight, perhaps a murder-suicide," Steger said. "It was characterized by our security people as being contained to that dorm room."

"As we were working through what we were going to do to deal with that, the message came on over the radio that another shooting across campus was taking place, and that's when the large number of people were killed."

Responding to criticism and suggestions that there was a delay between the first shooting and the first e-mail notifying students that something had happened, he said that the first dormitory was immediately closed down after the first incident and surrounded by security guards. Streets were cordoned off and students in the building notified about what was going on, he said.

"We also had to find witnesses because we didn't know what had happened," he said.

Wounded people were sent to the hospital and, based on the interrogation of witnesses, they thought "there was another person involved."

The Virginia Tech attacks started early in the morning, with a call to the police at 7:15 from, as students were getting ready for classes or were on their way there.

Students said a gunman had gone room to room looking for his ex-girlfriend. He killed two people, a senior identified as Ryan Clark, from Augusta, Georgia, and a freshman identified by other students on her floor as Emily Hilscher.

The shootings at the engineering building, Norris Hall, began about 9:45.

Some of the professors who were killed were named. Among them were Liviu Librescu, a Romanian-Israeli who has lived in the United States for several years, and G.V. Loknathan, who was originally from India and became an American citizen after arriving in the United States in 1977.

Scott Hendricks, an associate professor of engineering, was in his office on the third floor when he heard 40 to 50 shots from what sounded like the second floor. Hendricks said he had called 911, but the police were already on the way.

The police surrounded the building and he barricaded the door to his office. After about an hour, the police broke down his door and ordered him to flee.

"When I left, I was one of the last to leave," Hendricks said. "I had no idea of the magnitude of the event."

According to the college newspaper, The Collegiate Times, many of the deaths took place in a German class in Norris Hall.

"He was just a normal looking kid, Asian, but he had on a Boy Scout type outfit," one student in the class, Erin Sheehan, told the newspaper. "He wore a tan button-up vest and this black vest - maybe it was for ammo or something."

Sheehan added: "I saw bullets hit people's bodies. There was blood everywhere. People in the class were passed out, I don't know maybe from shock from the pain. But I was one of only four that made it out of that classroom. The rest were dead or injured."

Heavily armed local and state police officers swarmed onto campus. Video clips shown on local stations showed them with rifles at the ready as students ran or sought cover and a freakish snow swirled in heavy winds. The police evacuated students and faculty members, taking many of them to local hotels. A Montgomery County school official said all schools throughout the county were being shut down.

Many parents and students questioned the university's response to the two fatal shootings in Ambler Johnston Hall, suggesting that more aggressive action could have prevented the later and deadlier attack.

"As a parent, I am totally outraged," said Fran Bernhards of Sterling, Virginia, whose daughter Kirsten attends Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as it is formally known. "I would like to know why the university did not immediately shut down."

Kirsten Bernhards, 18, said she and countless other students had no idea that a shooting had occurred when she left her dorm room in O'Shaughnessy Hall shortly before 10 a.m., more than two hours after the first shootings.

"I was leaving for my 10:10 film class," she said. "I had just locked the door and my neighbor said, 'Did you check your e-mail?' " The university had, a few minutes earlier, sent out a bulletin warning students about an apparent gunman. But few students seemed to have any sense of urgency.

The university's first bulletin warned students to be "cautious." Then, 20 minutes later, at 9:50, a second e-mail warning was sent, saying a gunman was "loose on campus" and telling students to stay in buildings and away from windows. At 10:16, a final message said classes were canceled and advised everyone on campus to stay where they were and lock their doors.

Bernhards recalled walking toward her class, preoccupied with an upcoming exam and listening to music on her iPod. On the way, she said, she heard loud cracks, and only later concluded that they had been gunshots from the second round of shootings. But even at that point, many students were walking around the campus with little sense of alarm.

It was only when Bernhards got close to Norris Hall, the second of two buildings where the shootings took place, that she realized something was wrong.

"I looked up and I saw at least 10 guards with assault rifles aiming at the main entrance of Norris," she recalled.

Chief Flinchum on Monday defended the university's decision to keep the campus open after the first shootings, saying the information at the time indicated that it was an isolated event and that the attacker had left campus.

Classroom buildings are not locked and dormitories are open throughout the day but require a key card for entry at night, university officials said.

Flinchum confirmed that the police found some of the Norris Hall classroom doors chained shut from the inside, which is not a normal practice. Some of the people hurt there were injured leaping from windows to escape.

Virginia imposes few restrictions on the purchase of handguns and no requirement for any kind of licensing or training. The state does limit handgun purchases to one per month to discourage bulk buying and resale, state officials said.

Once a person had passed the required background check, state law requires that law enforcement officers issue a concealed carry permit to anyone who applies. However, no regulations and no background checks are required for purchase of weapons at a Virginia gun show.

"Virginia's gun laws are some of the weakest state laws in the country," said Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. "And where there have been attempts to make some changes, a backdoor always opens to get around the changes, like the easy access at gun shows." Students are not allowed to have guns on the campus.

John M. Broder reported from Blacksburg and Christine Hauser from New York. Graham Bowley, Sarah Abruzzese, Edmund L. Andrews, Neela Banerjee, Micah Cohen, Shaila Dewan, Cate Doty, Manny Fernandez, Brenda Goodman, David Johnston, Michael Mather, Marc Santora, Amy Schoenfeld, Archie Tse and Matthew L. Wald contributed reporting.

حمایت گامبیا از حقوق هسته‌ای ایران

آفتاب: محمود احمدی نژاد، رییس جمهوری اسلامی ایران، روابط تهران - بانجول را خوب و مستحكم دانسته و تاكید كرد: جمهوری اسلامی ایران در توسعه هر چه بیشتر مناسبات و همكاری‌ها با گامبیا هیچ محدودیتی ندارد.


رییس جمهوری در دیدار موسی جاهومپا، وزیر امور خارجه گامبیا با اشاره به دیدگاه‌های نزدیك دو كشور در مسایل مختلف بین‌المللی گفت: ایران آمادگی دارد دستاوردهای ارزشمند خود را در زمینه‌های گوناگون از جمله ماهیگیری و كشاورزی در قالب دوره‌های آموزشی در اختیار ملت گامبیا قرار دهد.


موسی جاهومپا نیز در این دیدار با بیان اینكه كشورش به توسعه روابط و استفاده از تجربیات ایران در بخش‌های مختلف به ویژه انرژی و كشاورزی علاقمند است تصریح كرد: گامبیا همواره از پیشرفت‌ها و حقوق مسلم ایران در برابر قدرت‌های زورگو حمایت می‌كند، زیرا پیشرفت‌های جمهوری اسلامی ایران پیشرفت همه كشورهای مستقل از جمله گامبیا است.

اسامی هشت مفسد اقتصادی اعلام شد

تهران - حیات

ستاد مرکزی مبارزه با قاچاق کالا و ارز در اطلاعیه ای اقدام به معرفی 8 نفر از محکومان مفاسد اقتصادی کرد.

به گزارش حیات، در اطلاعیه ستاد مرکزی مبارزه با قاچاق کالا و ارز آمده است: با توجه به درخواست های مکرر امت حزب الله، اسامی تعدادی از محکومان مفاسد اقتصادی برای آگاهی مردم همیشه در صحنه ایران اسلامی اعلام می گردد:

1- قاسم ممتاز

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت 248 میلیارد ریال جریمه نقدی و 74 ضربه شلاق تعریزی و 20 سال محرومیت از ورود به هر گونه کالای ترانزیتی از بنادر کشور

سوابق:

1- در مورخ 12/8/78 توسط دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی سرخس به اتهام حمل کالای قاچاق به پرداخت سیصد میلیون ریال جزای نقدی و تحمل دو سال حبس تعلیقی محکوم گردید.

2- در مورخ 25/11/83 توسط دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی تهران به اتهام قاچاق کالا به پرداخت چهارده میلیارد ریال و تحمل 74 ضربه شلاق تعریزی محکوم گردید.

3- در مورخ 30/5/85 توسط دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی مستمر در مجتمع قضایی امور اقتصادی به اتهام قاچاق کالا تحت پوشش ترانزیت به پرداخت 248 میلیارد ریال جریمه نقدی و 74 ضربه شلاق تعریزی و 20 سال محرومیت از ورود هر گونه کالای ترانزیتی از بنادر کشور محکوم گردید.

2- علی مشهدی اسماعیلی

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت 144 میلیارد ریال جریمه نقدی و تحمل 74 ضربه شلاق تعریزی

سوابق:

متهم با پرداخت رشوه انواع کالاهای ممنوعه از جمله تجهیزات دریافت ماهواره، کفش، لوازم آرایش و موتور خودروهای سنگین را تحت پوشش ترانزیت وارد کشور نموده و در مسیر راه منحرف و در داخل کشور تخلیه و وارد بازار می کردند و به جای آن کالاهای بی ارزش و یا بعضا کالاهای یارانه دار را بارگیری و به خارج از کشور قاچاق می نمودند.

3- پیمان محبی

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت 131 میلیارد ریال و تحمل 40 ضربه شلاق تعریزی

سوابق:

متهم مذکور با پرداخت رشوه انواع کالاهای ممنوعه از جمله تجهیزات دریافت ماهواره، کفش، لوازم آرایش و مکمل های ورزشی را تحت پوشش ترانزیت وارد کشور نموده و در مسیر راه منحرف و در داخل کشور تخلیه و وارد بازار می کردند و به جای آن کالاهای دیگر و بعضا کالاهای یارانه ای را بارگیری و به خارج از کشور قاچاق می نمودند.

4- احمد زمردی

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت 115 میلیارد و 494 میلیون ریال

سوابق:

متهم فوق با اغفال و تطمیع تعدادی از کارمندان بانک و پرداخت رشوه به آنان اقدام با قاچاق ارز می نمودند پرونده شبکه قاچاق مذکور با اعلام جریمه از سوی بانک مرکزی به میزان 115 میلیارد و 494 میلیون ریال به شعبه 23 دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی مستقر در فرودگاه مهرآباد جهت رسیدگی ارسال می گردد.

5- عباس تقی زاده

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت جمعا 460 میلیارد ریال

سوابق:

1- دوبار دستگیری محکوم در سال 1368 توسط کمیته انقلاب اسلامی به اتهام حمل و فروش داروهای کمیاب

2- دستگری محکوم در سال 1377 به اتهام قاچاق کالا

3- محکومیت متهم در سال 1378 به پرداخت 257 میلیون ریال توسط دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی کرج در اتهامات ردیف 1 و 2 فوق

4- دستگیری محکوم علیه در سال 83 به اتهام قاچاق کالا، تحصیل مال به صورت نامشروع و پرداخت رشوه و محکومیت در قاچاق کالا به پرداخت بیش از 102 میلیارد ریال و ضبط تمامی کامیونها و اتومبیل هایی که حمل یا جاسازی کالاهای قاچاق می نمودند و نیز محکومیت در جعل، تحصیل مال به صورت نامشروع و پرداخت رشوه به پرداخت بیش از 360 میلیارد ریال

5- مفتوح بودن پرونده متهم در خصوص مطالبه 100 درصد جریمه ناشی از کم اظهاری قیمت ها و تعداد کالاها با شکایت گمرک ایران به میزان 120 میلیارد ریال

6- قاسم خاکی

شغل: فرش فروش

محکومی به: پرداخت یکصد و پانزده میلیارد وچهارصد و نود وچهار میلیون ریال

سوابق:

در سال 78 یک شبکه 16 نفره قاچاق ارز و جعل کالا اظهار نامه های ارزی به رهبری آقای قاسم خاکی که دارای سوابق متعدد قاچاق ارز و طلا بود واسماعیل احمد زمردی توسط وزارت اطلاعات شناسایی و دستگیر گردیدند.

قاچاقچیان فوق با اغفال و تضمیع تعدادی از کارمندان بانک و پرداخت رشوه به آنان اقدام با قاچاق ارز می نمودند پرونده شبکه قاچاق مذکور با اعلام جریمه از سوی بانک مرکزی به میزان یکصد و پانزده میلیارد و چهارصد و نود و چهار میلیون تومان به شعبه 22 دادگاه انقلاب اسلامی مستقر در فرودگاه مهر آباد جهت رسیدگی ارسال گردید.

7- محمد رضا حکمی

شغل: مدیر کل وقت گمرک جنوب تهران ومشاور عالی رئیس گمرک ایران

محکوم به: پرداخت 220 میلیون ریال جریمه نقدی در حق صندوق دولت،6 ماه حبس تعریزی، 2 سال انفصال موفق از خدمات دولتی و پرداخت 10 میلیون ریال جزای نقدی بدل از شلاق

سوابق:

پس از دستگیری باند قاچاق کالا معروف به باند قاچاق فرودگاه پیام به رهبری قاچاقچی عباس تقی زاده، در سال 83 رشوه خوار محمد رضا حکمی فرزند حسین مدیر کل وقت گمرک جنوب تهران و مشاور عالی رئیس گمرک ایران نیز به اتهام اخذ رشوه به میزان 220 میلیون ریال و تبانی و همکاری با باند مذکور دستگیر گردید.

8- مهرداد قطان

شغل: آزاد

محکوم به: پرداخت یکصد و ده میلیارد و هفتصد و شصت و یک میلیون و ششصد و هفتاد و هشت هزار و پانصد و بیست و پنج ریال جریمه نقدی

سوابق:

متهم مذکور با پرداخت رشوه، انواع کالاهای ممنوعه از جمله تجهیزات دریافت ماهواره، کفش، لوازم آرایشی و ... را تحت پوشش ترانزیت وارد کشور نموده و در مسیر راه منحرف و در داخل کشور تخلیه و وارد بازار می کردند و به جای آن کالاهای دیگر و بعضا کالاهای یارانه ای را بارگیری و به خارج از کشور قاچاق می نمودن