Ex-nuclear power plant engineer accused of illegally taking software to Iran

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Source: Associated Press

Ex-nuclear power plant engineer accused of illegally taking software to Iran

The Associated Press
Published: April 21, 2007

PHOENIX: A former engineer at America's largest nuclear power
plant has been charged with taking computer access codes and
software to Iran and using it to download details of plant
control rooms and reactors, authorities said.

The FBI said there is no indication the plant employee training
software had any terrorist connections.

Mohammad Alavi, who worked at the triple-reactor Palo Verde
power plant west of Phoenix, was arrested April 9 at Los Angeles
International Airport when he arrived on a flight from Iran,
authorities said.

Alavi, 49, is a U.S. citizen and denies any wrongdoing, said his
attorney, Milagros Cisneros of the Federal Defender's Office in
Phoenix.

He is charged with a single count of violating a trade embargo
that prohibits Americans from exporting goods and services to
Iran. If convicted, he would face up to 21 months in prison.

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