Woman Pleads Guilty to Helping to Export Aircraft Parts to Iran

New Jersey resident Joyce Eliabachus pleaded guilty to charges related to her role in illegally smuggling millions of dollars worth of aircraft parts to the U.S., the U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of New Jersey said in a June 11 news release. "Eliabachus and others allegedly ran an international smuggling ring that shipped $2 million in aircraft parts to multiple Iranian airlines, including a company that has provided financial, material, and technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “This arrest, which was made possible by a close collaboration between our office and our partners at Homeland Security Investigations and the Office of Export Enforcement, has snuffed out another source of funds and goods to overseas entities that may endanger our national and economic security.” Eliabachus was the principal officer of Edsun Equipments LLC, an aviation parts trading company run out of her Morristown, New Jersey, residence, the Justice Department said.