PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The founder of a Portland charity that sent millions of dollars to help school children in Iran was sentenced Tuesday to a year of home detention for violating the U.S. trade embargo.
Mehrdad Yasrebi had pleaded guilty to conspiracy and admitted violating the embargo by sending money to Iran and covering up illegal cash transfers.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/6f8QWP) the 54-year-old Iranian engineer apologized in federal court and said he jeopardized the charity, called the Child Foundation. He served as chief executive until he resigned in 2010.
In addition to the detention, Yasrebi was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and serve five years of probation.
