{"id":4535,"date":"2016-08-22T17:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2016-08-22T17:18:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:18:35","slug":"ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1446679261876.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4101\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4101\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1446679261876.png\" alt=\"DOJ seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran<\/p>\n<p>Erdal Kuyumcu &#8211; CEO of Global Metallurgy, LLC, a company based in Woodside, NY, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] in connection with the export of specialty metals from the U.S.\u00a0to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Kuyumcu [U.S. citizen] pleaded guilty\u00a0&#8211; conspired to export from the U.S. to Iran a metallic powder composed of cobalt and nickel without having obtained the required license from OFAC [U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Asset Control]. The metallic powder can be used to coat turbine components, such as turbine blades, and can also be used in aerospace, missile production, and nuclear applications. Exporting without an OFAC license is illegal.\u00a0Kuyumcu conspired with others to obtain one thousand pounds of the metallic powder from the U.S. supplier for export to Iran &#8211; they hide the true destination of the goods by first shipping to Turkey &#8211; then to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>At sentencing,\u00a0Kuyumcu faces up to 20 years in prison and $1 million fine.<\/p>\n<p>To read the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/forms-documents\/doc_download\/1481-kuyumcu-ieepa-press-release-plea-06-14-2016\">press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran Erdal Kuyumcu &#8211; CEO of Global Metallurgy, LLC, a company based in Woodside, NY, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] in connection with the export of specialty metals from the U.S.\u00a0to Iran. Kuyumcu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[6,17,70],"tags":[50,71,48],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran Erdal Kuyumcu &#8211; CEO of Global Metallurgy, LLC, a company based in Woodside, NY, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] in connection with the export of specialty metals from the U.S.\u00a0to Iran. Kuyumcu [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Superior Freight Services Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Superior-Freight-Services-Inc\/123680337676686\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1485275254574.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Edwards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supfrt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supfrt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Edwards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/\",\"name\":\"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Superior Freight Services Inc.\",\"description\":\"Global Strategies... Superior Solutions.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645\",\"name\":\"Karen Edwards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karen Edwards\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/author\/karen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.","og_description":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran Erdal Kuyumcu &#8211; CEO of Global Metallurgy, LLC, a company based in Woodside, NY, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] in connection with the export of specialty metals from the U.S.\u00a0to Iran. Kuyumcu [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/","og_site_name":"Superior Freight Services Inc.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Superior-Freight-Services-Inc\/123680337676686","article_published_time":"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1485275254574.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Karen Edwards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supfrt","twitter_site":"@supfrt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karen Edwards","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/","url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/","name":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran - Superior Freight Services Inc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-22T22:18:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/08\/22\/ceo-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-export-specialty-metallurgical-metals-to-iran\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Specialty Metallurgical Metals to Iran"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website","url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/","name":"Superior Freight Services Inc.","description":"Global Strategies... Superior Solutions.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645","name":"Karen Edwards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Karen Edwards"},"url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/author\/karen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4537,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions\/4537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}