Mahafarid Amir Khosravi

Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (Amir Mansour Aria) led a network that obtained thousands of billions of rials, notably through fraudulent letters of credit and forged documents. The funds were used to finance the group, acquire companies and transfer capital. He was convicted and executed in May 2014.

State of the evidence

Conviction

Attribution

Directly implicated

Khosravi was hanged at Evin on 24 May 2014. His lawyer stated that he had not been informed in advance, fuelling criticism concerning procedural safeguards and the application of capital punishment to an economic offence.

State of the evidence

Documented

The case included a separate active bribery component: Khosravi acknowledged more than thirty payments classified as bribes to employees or officials connected with banking operations. The case notably mentioned more than 3 million dollars paid into an account attributed to Mahmoud Reza Khavari in the context of efforts to increase credit limits.

Attribution

Directly implicated