The United States government has launched civil forfeiture proceedings against a G550 owned by Deer Jet Beijing and seized at Anchorage Ted Stevens on May 24, alleging the aircraft violated export control regulations by flying into Iran in December 2024 and remaining in the country for six days. According to a complaint filed on October 28 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (case #2:26-cv-12609), the 2011-built G550, B-8259 (msn 5357), flew between Beijing Capital and Tehran Mehrabad on December 13, 2024, returning to China on December 19. It has remained parked at Richmond International, VA under Federal Bureau of Investigation custody since May 29.

Prosecutors argue that the US-manufactured aircraft remained subject to American export controls after being transferred overseas. The December 2024 flight to Iran constituted a reexport requiring authorisation under the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) General Licence J-1, which would have limited the aircraft's stay in Iran to 72 hours. The government alleges that no licence was obtained and that the six-day stay exceeded the permitted period, making the aircraft subject to forfeiture. Deer Jet Beijing may contest the action.