BIS, Canada, China, Denied & Restricted Parties, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Former US Navy contractor, OceanWorks International Cooperation (OceanWorks) and it’s president, Glen Omer Viau were involved in a scheme where they provided US Navy technical data to a company in China that was working on the design and...
BIS, China, Commerce Dept, DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, Denied & Restricted Parties, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Fan Yang, 34, a naturalized citizen of the United States and Lieutenant in the US Navy and his wife, Yang Yang, 33 (also a naturalized citizen) have been arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle military-style inflatable boats, with Evinrude MFE...
BIS, China, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Tao Li, a Chinese national has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to export military and space grade technology to the People’s Republic of. Li resided in China and worked with others to try and purchase...
China, Enforcement, Press release, Sanctions, State Dept
By: Danielle Hatch On July 22, 2019, Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, announced that the Chinese firm, Zhuhai Zhenrong Company Limited, would be added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list after purchasing oil from Iran. The company, as well as its chief...
China, Japan, Telecommunication
By: Antonia I. Tzinova Antonia, Esq., Tzinova@hklaw.com, + 1 202 419 2661; Ronald A. Oleynik, Esq., ron.oleynik@hklaw.com, +1 202 457 7183; and Jonathan M. Epstein, Esq., Jonathan.Epstein@hklaw.com, +1 202 828 1870, all of Holland & Knight LLP. President Donald...