Enforcement, OFAC, Sanctions, Ukraine, Violations & Fines
By Nicholas Turner, Meredith Rathbone, Brian Egan and Ed Krauland (Steptoe & Johnson LLP) On December 31, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas threw out a $2 million fine issued in 2017 by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign...
DOJ, Enforcement, Violations & Fines, Voluntary Disclosure
By: Danielle Hatch In December 2019 the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a policy, through the National Security Division’s (NSD) Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) that sets forth the criteria that will be used in determining solutions for...
Census, Violations & Fines, Voluntary Disclosure
By: Jim Bartlett, Full Circle Trade Law, PLLC, 1-202-802-0646, JEBartlett@FullCircleTradeLaw.com The Foreign Trade Regulations (“FTR”), 15 CFR Part 30, that regulate the filing of the Electronic Export Information (EEI) reports under the Automated Export...
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch On December 16, 2019 Issam Shammount of Jordan and Abdullah Alhay of Saudi Arabia were charged with violating US export laws and sanctions related to Iran. The two men worked together to obtain US origin aircrafts and parts to provide to end-users...
Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, Enforcement, Indonesia, Iran, OFAC, Sanctions, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Sunarko Kuntjoro, a citizen of Indonesia, and three Indonesian-based companies have been charged with violating US export laws related to the US sanctions against Iran. PT MS Aero Support (PTMS), PT Kandiyasa Energi Utama (PTKEU), and PT Antasena...
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...
