DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, Enforcement, ITAR, USML, Violations & Fines
By: Christopher B. Monahan, Esq., cmonahan@winston.com, 1-202-282-5778; and Adeoye O. Johnson, aojohnson@winston.com, 1-202-282-5293; both of Winston & Strawn LLP. Source:...
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...
Enforcement, Iran, OFAC, Sanctions, Telecommunication, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Negar Ghodskani plead guilty in August 2019 to conspiring to illegally export controlled technology from the US to Iran and was recently sentenced to 27 months in prison. Ghodskani helped to create and operate a front company, Green Wave...
Enforcement, Finance & Banking, IEEPA, Turkey, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch The Department of Justice announced that TÜRKİYE HALK BANKASI A.S. (“Halkbank”), a Turkish state-owned bank, was charged on October 15, 2019 in a six count indictment with fraud, money laundering, and sanctions offenses related to the bank’s...
BIS, Canada, Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, EAR, Enforcement, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Alexis Vlachos, 41, of Montreal, Quebec has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for smuggling over 104 handguns from the US to Canada between 2010 and 2011. Vlachos worked with Annette Wexler and Jaime Ruiz to create a scheme to purchase handguns...
DOJ, Enforcement, Iran, OFAC, Sanctions, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Behzad Pourghannad, a 65 year old Iranian citizen, plead guilty last month to one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). According to his plea, between 2008 and 2013, Pourghannad and his two codefendants, Ali...
