Maryland Man Pleads Guilty In Export Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say that a Maryland businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to export to Pakistan materials and equipment that can be used in nuclear reactors.

Forty-six-year-old Nadeem Akhtar of Silver Spring, Md., has been accused of trying to sell $400,000 radiation detectors, calibration devices and other restricted nuclear-related equipment to Pakistan, which is thought to have about 100 nuclear warheads. Akhtar is the owner of Computer Communications USA of Columbia, Md.

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