The person at the center of this case
United States (sanctions violations and financial system fraud)
Cold Case · Open
2 years waiting · since 2024
MAHMOOD RASHID AMUR AL HABSI
Justice for United States (sanctions violations and financial system fraud) — the trail went cold in 2024, but the truth hasn't.
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Key leads to think about
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suspect
Lead #1Where is Al Habsi currently located and what are his exact ties to Iranian and Chinese government entities?
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evidence
Lead #2How were the U.S. financial institutions deceived into providing the $16.5 million loan, and which specific banks and companies were involved?
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person
Lead #3Who are the Turkish, Omani, and U.S. co-conspirators facilitating this scheme, and have they been identified or arrested?
Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi is charged with orchestrating an international sanctions-evasion scheme that illegally exported over $100 million in Iranian oil to Chinese refineries while benefiting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a designated terrorist organization. The scheme involved complex financial transactions through Turkish, Omani, and U.S. intermediaries, including a $16.5 million loan used to purchase the oil tanker M/T Oman Pride in 2020. Al Habsi remains at large with known ties to Iran and China, and a federal arrest warrant was issued on January 25, 2024.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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vehicle
Lead #4What is the current location and status of the M/T Oman Pride oil tanker?
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clue
Lead #5How much Iranian oil was ultimately sold through this scheme, and what financial trails remain in the U.S. banking system?
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Source Narrative
International Emergency Economic Powers Act Violations; Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering; Laundering of Monetary Instruments Caution: Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi is charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, conspiring to commit money laundering, and money laundering stemming from an alleged scheme to export Iranian petroleum to Chinese government-owned refineries. It is alleged that Al Habsi, along with co-conspirators, illegally used the U.S.
financial system to facilitate the sale of over a hundred million dollars’ worth of oil to benefit the IRGC-QF, Iran’s primary conduit for providing lethal support to terrorist organizations abroad. The alleged scheme relied on the use of the U.S.
financial system and was facilitated by Turkish, Omani, and U.S. persons and entities, all in violation of U.S.
sanctions against Iran. The indictment also alleges that Al Habsi, acting through one of his companies, procured a $16.5 million loan in June 2020 from U.S.
financial companies to purchase an oil tanker, later named M/T Oman Pride. Beginning in July 2020, M/T Oman Pride transferred Iranian oil to third-party vessels for sale to Chinese government-owned refineries and companies in China.
On January 25, 2024, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Al Habsi in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., after he was charged with International Emergency Economic Powers Act Violations; Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering; and Laundering of Monetary Instruments. Remarks: Al Habsi has ties to or may visit Iran and China.
Timeline of Events
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2020-06-01
Oil tanker acquisition
Al Habsi procured a $16.5 million loan from U.S. financial companies to purchase oil tanker M/T Oman Pride
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2020-07-01
Illegal oil transfers begin
M/T Oman Pride began transferring Iranian oil to third-party vessels for sale to Chinese government-owned refineries
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2024-01-25
Federal arrest warrant issued
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued federal arrest warrant for Al Habsi on charges of IEEPA violations, sanctions violations, money laundering conspiracy, and monetary instrument laundering
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Case Information
Incident:June 1, 2020
Last Updated:October 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:June 1, 2020
Last Updated:October 29, 2026
Up to $15 Reward
For information leading to the resolution of this case