US man charged for illegally shipping thermal camera to Pak
May 08, 2014  23:27
A US national has been arrested and charged with attempting to illegally ship a commercially restricted thermal-imaging camera to Pakistan. 

If found guilty, Bilal Ahmed, 33, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. 

He was released on a $100,000 secure bond. 

According to the Justice Department, the case involves a FLIR HRC-U thermal-imaging camera, which was on the Commerce Department's list of controlled export goods for reasons of national security and regional stability. 

As a controlled material, a license was required from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to export the camera to certain countries, including Pakistan. 

Ahmed was charged with one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and one count of attempted smuggling of goods in violation of US export regulations in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury yesterday. 
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