Allied subsidiary pleads guilty in Iran deal

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Allied subsidiary pleads guilty in Iran deal
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, March 23, 2008

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A subsidiary of the company that provides cable TV, Internet and telephone services at Yokota admitted Tuesday that it tried to cut a deal with a company in Iran, according to court documents.

Allied Telesis Labs Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in a case in which employees attempted to sell millions of dollars in telecommunications equipment to the Iranian Information Technology Co., in violation of the U.S. economic ban against conducting business with nations deemed a threat to national security.

The events occurred between September 2004 and February 2005.

Allied Telesis Labs is a research and development facility of Allied Telesis Inc., based in Bothell, Wash. Allied Telesis is owned by Allied Telesis Kabushi Kaisha, a global holding company headquartered in Tokyo.

In 2006, Allied Telesis Capital Corp. signed a 15-year contract with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service to provide voice, video and data services at Yokota. That occurred after Americable International Inc., the base’s former provider of premium cable TV and broadband Internet, was forced out following a 10-year stay — despite being cleared of wrongdoing in its dealings with the military.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=53531

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1. this story made me think

what would it take for the US to take countries off their "threat" list?