On paper, Amin Cohen is a 37 -year -old banking professional with a business degree and a condo in the camel's thorn heel.
But this is just his latest identity.
On the eve of the exile hearing in Toronto, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) revealed that the Iranian citizen has not used less than three names in his entire life.
He arrived in Canada as Amin Yusufjam and had previously stopped Amin. It was also revealed that he was a lieutenant to the Tehran police during his mandatory military services.
CBSA officials said they legally changed their name in 2022 by the name of Cohen in Ontario – without it was he Convict Helping Iran's sanctions in the United States.
New Details about its ready identity come out on one last week Immigration and Refugee Board He will decide whether he should be sent back to Iran.
Canadian immigration officials want to deport him on the basis of Iranian sanctions in the Dodging Scheme on this basis.
The CBSA says that by sending illegal sensitive equipment to Iran, it damaged Canada's efforts to overcome the dangers posed by the Islamic Republic.
According to a CBSA report, a Toronto resident assisted in the increasing threat of security against Canada in connection with the terrorist and nuclear weapons attack. “
His actions “directly compromise” the Canadian government's foreign policy regarding Iran's dictatorship, which includes the “head of resistance”, which includes the Houthis of Hamas, Hezbollah and Yemen.
The matter comes when the federal government is under pressure to prevent members and supporters of the oppressive Iranian government from using Canada as Canada. Safe shelter.
On February 26, 2025, Amin Yusufjam outside the IRB office in the camel, camel.
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At the hearing, he testified that she was born to Amin Ricky, but before arriving in Canada in 2016, her name was legally named Amin Yusufjam in Iran.
When the CBSA asked if he had done so to hide from the past, he replied: “This is your opinion.”
He said that he did not like the way Raki's voice and Josephjam “was the name that resonated the most with me.”
As Yusufjam, he was arrested in Toronto in January 2021 American charges He alleged that he sent sensitive goods to Iran in violation of sanctions.
He was detained in Canada for 10 months before moving to Michigan, where he spent more than a month in custody, accepted the culprit and was sentenced to time.
Asked by the CBSA, did they know that requesting the culprit meant to recognize their role in the conspiracy, saying that they had only entered into a guilty plea because it was the fastest way to resolve the issue.
He insisted that “this was not an entry to the crime.
After his sentence in November 2021, Josephjam was returned to Ontario, where he almost Immediately immediately to convert his name to Amin Cohen. Apply.
The CBSA said that on the form of changing the name of Ontario, they marked the “No” box in response to questions that it had a criminal record in Canada or elsewhere.
Yusufjam testified that he had called the Ontario Government's Information Line and said he had to disclose punishments only in Canada. He said he recently checked again and the same answer was received.
However, after his testimony, Global News also called the Ontario government but was told where he had occurred.
Joy Woo, a ministry for the Public and Business Service, confirmed.
The name change has been warned to the applicant, “making a false statement under the Criminal Code of Canada is a serious crime.”
Yusufjam denied that he was trying to hide his past and claimed that he only changed his name because his kinship was too long and he made it a prejudice.
He said he chose the name Cohen because he has both English and Persian roots. “This was a personal decision I made,” he said. “I chose a name that resonates the most.”
His brother Arash Yusufjam The conspiracy of the sanctions was also convicted and named his name and the cohort. He told Global News that he did so because “we want to start a new life.”
And by the name of Cohen, he became a dentist of Ontario but he was Seized At its last location, he needed to disclose his criminal history “in any jurisdiction” with the province's dental registry.
The Ontario government has said that it is watching the system of changing its name as a result of the brothers.
“The ability to change one's name should not be a flaw to avoid justice,” said a spokesman for the name of the change registry.
“Allowing serious criminals to hide their identity not only disrupts the integrity of our justice system, but is also a significant threat to our communities.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took over the national anthem on February 7, 2025 as Air Force Officers Salami, Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader through AP).
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The CBSA presented its case against a member of the refugee board during a two -day hearing, which would decide whether to issue an exile order.
In response to questions raised by two CBSA officials, Yusufjam said he joined the sanctions scheme at his brother's request. FortAn Iranian -born naturalist Canada declared the leader of the conspiracy.
He said his brother was married recently and was busy at that time, and he asked Josephjam to adopt the logistics aspect of the operation. “He asked me to find a good price, mainly, the ship,” he said.
He said he was close to his brother and considered him a “family responsibility to help him”. But later he said he did not know where his brother lived now, and he only talks through video chats.
Yusufjam refused to know any operational details and said his role was limited to sending email, first living in Iran and later in Canada, when he arrived on a permanent residential visa.
The material was initially sent to the United Arab Emirates and then Iran was restored to transport – a CBSA strategy was told that it was commonly used to avoid sanctions.
While he has an MBA, Yusufjam said he was not aware of international sanctions and money laundering rules unless he started a banking job in 2018.
It was expected that the IRB would rule his deportation this summer.
A photo of Mahasa Amini on a rally against the Iranian government in Washington, DC on October 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Louis Magana).
In response to pressure from the government's protest, Canada launched a crackdown on Iran in 2022, which broke out after arrest and murder. Mahasa AminiWho was subjected to showing his hair in public.
To put pressure on Tehran, the government has banned Iranian senior officials and members of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps from the country, while already pledged to deport people here.
Since then, the CBSA has identified 18 alleged senior Iranian officials based in Canada. IRB has so far issued exile orders against two of them, Seed Salman Samani And Majid Iranian.
But the IRB has refused to deport two others, and the CBSA has withdrawn its case against the other, AliveAn official told Monday.
Neither the IRB nor the CBSA will explain.
On January 28 Report On foreign intervention, Commissioner Mary Jose Hugo wrote that members of the community “live openly and freely in Canada to their Iranian officials.”
A witness, whose name was not released, told the inquiry, the Iranian government “wants to create influence in Canada because there is a huge and educated Iranian diarrhea,” a witness, whose name was not released, told the inquiry.