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Behzad Mesri

Crime · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Behzad Mesri is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	BEHZAD MESRI · Behzad MESRI · Behzad Mesri · MESRI, Behzad · بهزاد مصری				[sources]
Other name	Skote Vahshat				[sources]
Weak alias	Skote Vahshat				[sources]
Birth date	1988-08-24 · 1988-08-26 · 1988-08-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Naghadeh, Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	BEHZAD · Behzad				[sources]
Hair color	Brown				[sources]
Height	5'9"				[sources]
Last name	MESRI				[sources]
Weight	175 pounds				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q45204895				[sources]
Ethnicity	White				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-08-08	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Behzad Mesri is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft. Mesri was the CEO of an Iranian entity that allegedly worked at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and was allegedly used in furtherance of a malicious cyber campaign targeting current and former members of the United States Intelligence Community. On February 8, 2019, a grand jury in the United States District Court, District of Columbia, indicted Mesri,

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Mesri is known to speak Farsi and resides in Iran.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

NCIC: W052433913

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Iranian Hacker Wanted by FBI

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-03-17

Relationships

Clients
Client	Role	Start date	End date
Net Peygard Samavat Company	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2018-04-06	-

Data sources

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US FBI Most Wanted440

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

External databases

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Wikidata377,203

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-HGKuF4JiPiSdPVws2cGJne · usgsa-s4mr6cjk3 · ofac-24003 · us-fbi-behzad-mesri

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