A couple that once lived in Waltham was indicted today for allegedly doing business with a suspected Syrian bomb maker, federal prosecutors said.

Anni Beurklian, 49, and Antoine Ajaka, 50, fled the United States in January as they were negotiating a plea deal for sending electronic components to a company that the U.S. suspects of making bombs used against US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, prosecutors said.

Amir Katranji 52, a Syrian resident who owns EKT, the Syrian company, was also indicted.

Prosecutors said the U.S. government determined that EKT was involved in activities related to "the acquisition, attempted acquisition, and/or development of improvised explosive devices." Those bombs were used against U.S. and Coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, prosecutors said.

"Beginning no later than 2012 and continuing until Jan. 9, 2018, Beurklian and her husband operated an export business, Top Tech US Inc., out of their Waltham residence," prosecutors said. "The couple used their business to procure goods, including electronics, computer equipment, and electrical switches, from U.S. companies and export those goods out of the United States to customers in Lebanon and Syria."

Since 2007, no U.S. person has been permitted to export U.S. goods to EKT without first obtaining an export license from the Department of Commerce, prosecutors said.

Beurklian, Ajaka, and Katranji were indicted for conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and regulations, conspiracy to defraud the United States, smuggling U.S. goods out of the United States, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and obstruction of justice.

Beurklian, Ajaka, are also charged with illegally providing services to persons located in Syria and mail fraud. Beurklian and Ajaka previously fled the U.S. and have not returned, prosecutors said.