Two San Fernando Valley men were arrested Tuesday on federal charges alleging they ran a Van Nuys-based company that exported hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of consumer electronics and gift cards, nearly all derived from criminal activities such as identity theft, credit card theft and fraud.
Saman Delafraz, 32, of Woodland Hills, and Benjamin Daneshgar, 34, of Studio City, are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Delafraz and Daneshgar owned and operated Wireless World, a company that operates from warehouses in Van Nuys and New Castle, Delaware. Wireless World uses its warehouses to accumulate electronics before shipping them out of the United States, prosecutors contend.
Since 2019, Wireless World has exported more than