<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>At least one person has been arrested and more are wanted after a company scammed people out of tens of millions of dollars, promising cheap iPhones after a ban on them in Iran.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A division of Iranian law enforcement tasked with economic crimes said on Friday that the main suspect in the case of a firm called Kourosh Company had fled the country, but a “main member” of the company was arrested and two more are wanted.</div><div><br></div><div>It said that, in coordination with the judiciary, “all the assets of the main suspect of the case were confiscated” without saying how much the assets were worth.</div><div><br></div><div>Starting last year, Iran banned official registration of all new iPhone models made by United States tech giant Apple. The ban was extended this year, affecting all iPhone 15 models.</div><div><br></div><div>All phones imported into Iran must be registered upon entry – even those belonging to tourists – or else they are considered contraband and only have network coverage for one month on any local SIM card.</div><div><br></div><div>All new iPhone 14 and 15 handsets are being smuggled into Iran and can readily be found in shops in Tehran and across the country, but the ban has caused chaos.</div><div><br></div><div>People have found temporary workarounds to circumvent the ban with spoofing methods, but the phones could still get disconnected after a while. - Al Jazeera&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>