Roslyn Man Guilty of Human Trafficking, Child Porn

By Leader Staff

A n Iranian national residing in Roslyn has pled "Guilty" to running a human trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of aliens into the United States - including a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard - a terrorist organization.

He also pled guilty to receiving and having pornography on his mobile phone.

Sharon Gohari received tens of thousands of dollars in payments from Iranian nationals seeking to enter the United States illegally.

Gohari would arrange and facilitate their entry - including securing third-country visas and other means to smuggle these people into the United States.

"The defendant exploited and endangered vulnerable individuals for profit, over and over again,” stated US Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. of the Eastern District of New York. “In doing so, he also put our national security at risk and circumvented the vital procedures that are in place to vet those entering our country."

"Our Office will continue to aggressively pursue transnational criminal schemes operating here in the United States, especially when they involve terrorist groups like the IRGC that seek to do us harm," added Nocella. "And we will always prosecute the sexual exploitation of children to the fullest extent of the law.”

Worse was Gohari smuggling in a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - which endangers our country’s national security.

Gohari admitted to smuggling-in a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

He faces a sentence of between five years and 20 years on the child porn charges; and up to 20 years for alien smuggling.