It Never Pays to Use Your Church to Cover Your Export Violations

Defense Trade Controls, Denied & Restricted Parties, Export License, India, ITAR, Software, State Dept, UAE, Violations & Fines

By: Danielle McClellan What does a system analyst for a defense contractor, a church volunteer and an owner of 3 US companies all have in common?  They all involve one woman, who will now spend 57 months in prison, encompassed each, and all at the same time. Hannah...

Companies Fined a Combined $61K for Antiboycott Violations

Antiboycott, Lebanon, UAE, Violations & Fines

By: Danielle McClellan Vinmar International, Ltd of Houston, TX will pay $19,800 to settle alleged antiboycott violations. Between January 2011 and February 2012, on two separate occasions, Vinmar provided information concerning another person’s business relationships...

If OFAC Denies Your License Application…Stop!

China, Denied & Restricted Parties, Export License, OFAC, Sanctions, UAE, Violations & Fines

By: Danielle McClellan Great Plains Stainless Co. (GPS) of Tulsa, Oklahoma has agreed to pay $214,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) regulations in 2009. GPS sold goods that its Chinese vendor shipped from Shanghai...

BIS Settles with Ansell and Comasec for Attempted Transshipment of Industrial-Strength Gloves to Iran through UAE

BIS, Embargoes, France, Iran, Sanctions, UAE, USA Regulations, Violations & Fines

By: Brooke Driver Well, folks, here’s yet another case of the consequences of defying U.S. embargoes. BIS has announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Ansell Protective Products Inc. of New Jersey and Comasec of Gennevilliers, France. Specifically,...

Network Hardware Resale to Pay $262,000 for Illegal Transshipments to Iran, Syria and Sudan

Antiboycott, Embargoes, Iran, UAE, USA Regulations, Violations & Fines

By: Brooke Driver Assistant Secretary David Mills of BIS, who will speak at ECTI’s upcoming Advanced Issues in Export Controls Workshop, approved a settlement with Network Hardware Resale of Santa Barbara, California on September 13, 2013. The California company...

Stanley Drilling to Pay $84,240 for Shipments to UAE Destined to Iran

Iran, UAE, Violations & Fines

By: Brooke Driver The Houston-based drilling company Stanley Drilling Equipment & Supply, Inc. agreed to settle with the Office of Foreign Assets Control for $84,240 on July 19 for alleged violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. According...