The U.S. government has filed to seize $584,741 in cryptocurrency from Mohammad Abedini, whom it accuses of managing a company that sells navigation systems to the Iranian regime, which it uses for military drones.
The systems were allegedly made specifically for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terror group.
Italian law enforcement detained Abedini, of Tehran, on Dec. 16, 2024, but released him in January, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which said that the 39-year-old is believed to be in Iran.
He is charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death and for a scheme to procure sensitive U.S. technology used in military drones.
“In January 2024, three U.S. service members were killed, and more than 40 others were injured, in a drone attack by IRGC-backed militants on a military base located in northern Jordan, known as Tower 22,” the U.S. government said.
Per court documents, an Iranian Shahed drone was recovered with a navigation system manufactured by Abedini’s company.
