A Pakistani citizen on Friday plead guilty to illegally attempting to export nuclear material to organisations in his homeland that were classed “of concern” to US national security, justice officials said.
Nadeem Akhtar, 46, faces up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for conducting a scheme to provide restricted items to clients in Pakistan, including agencies of the government. Akhtar, a legal permanent US resident, used his company, Computer Communication USA, to try and obtain radiation detection devices, resins for coolant water purification and calibration equipment over a five-year period.