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Airline and espionage: convicted of stealing technical data F-35

Washington, Usa - The intent of the former employee was to sell the documents to Iran

Mozzafar Khazaee was found guilty for stealing technical data related to F-22 and F-35 aircraft with the intention of selling them, probably to Iran, according to a statement by the FBI. He had been arrested January 9, 2014 while he was leaving to Tehran after being monitored for months. The FBI had in fact discovered a sending of sensitive material already in November 2013; thousands of pages of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1166552
Rome, Italy, 02/27/2015 18:06
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