The 5th suspect is Niloufar (Nellie) Bahadorifar, 46, Irvine CA who was arrested on July 1, 2021.

 BAHADORIFAR is originally from Iran and is currently a California resident.  BAHADORIFAR has provided financial and other services from the United States to Iranian residents and entities, including to KHAZEIN, since at least in or about 2015, including access to the U.S. financial system and U.S. financial institutions through the use of card accounts, and has offered to manage business interests in the United States on KHAZEIN’s behalf.  Among other things, BAHADORIFAR caused a payment to be made to a private investigator for surveillance of Victim-1 on KHAZEIN’s behalf.  BAHADORIFAR is not charged with participating in the kidnapping conspiracy, but is alleged to have provided financial services that supported the plot and is charged with conspiring to violate sanctions against Iran, to commit bank and wire fraud, and to commit money laundering.  BAHADORIFAR is also charged with structuring cash deposits totaling more than approximately $445,000.