DETROIT -- A metro Detroit woman is convicted by federal authorities of selling millions of dollars worth of high-tech equipment to Iraq.

Dawn Hanna, a successful saleswoman from Rochester Hills, was convicted of violating an embargo the United States had with Iraq.

Federal authorities said she made a million-dollar commission selling high-tech communication and encryption systems for a legitimate communications company. But the problem arose when Iraq became a buyer of the company’s equipment.

"That’s something that we definitely don’t want in the hands of another country, especially a country that we've had an embargo with and that we’re at war with," said IRS Criminal Investigator Sandra Carter.

According to federal court documents, Hanna made the profit through an elaborate scheme of laundering money through another country that had fewer restrictions.

The documents state Hanna sold a $9 million communications system and got the cut of $1 million.

"No matter how complex anybody wants to make the transactions, and conceal them from the government, we will get out there," Carter said. "We have the capability of unraveling this scheme and we will bring those responsible to justice."

Court records show that Hanna claimed in court that it was a mistake. She was sentenced to six years in a federal prison and was forced to forfeit all of her assets, which totaled $1.1 million.