On April 6, 2010, Ali Mohamed Bagegni, a member of IARA-US's board of directors, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate federal law prohibiting the transfer of money to Iraq. On June 25, 2010, Mubarak Hamed, IARA-US's executive director, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally transfer more than $1 million to Iraq in violation of federal sanctions, and to obstructing the administration of the laws governing tax-exempt charities. On July 7, 2010, Siljander pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and Abdel Azim El-Siddig, formerly a part-time fundraiser for IARA-US, pleaded guilty to conspiring to hire Siljander to lobby for IARA-US's removal from the US Senate Finance Committee's list of organizations supporting terrorism. During sentencing, Judge Nanette Laughery concluded that IARA-US had no connection whatsoever with any terrorist organization or entity posing a threat to the United States by stating "This is not a case about somebody aiding a terrorist." The cases were brought by Anthony Gonzalez and Steven Mohlhenrich from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, and Paul Casey and Joseph Moreno from the National Security Division of the Department of Justice.