An Iranian spy managed to worm his way into the Federal Aviation Administration and even became a U.S. citizen even though he previously served in a foreign military organization associated with terrorism.
On Wednesday, Abouzar Rahmati, 42, pled guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the attorney general as well as conspiracy.
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Rahmati frequently interacted with high-ranking Iranian officials between December 2017 and June 2024, passing along critical information regarding American aviation infrastructure without authorization.
During his scheme, Rahmati worked as an FAA contractor, a job that granted him “access to sensitive non-public information about the U.S. aviation sector,” the DOJ said. Rahmati also obtained “open-source and non-public materials about the
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