BIS, Denied & Restricted Parties, Enforcement, OFAC, Sanctions, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Apple, Inc. voluntarily disclosed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) its violations related to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations (FNKSR). In 2008 Apple entered into an app development agreement with SIS, d.o.o. (SIS), a...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Enforcement, Export License, Libya, Violations & Fines
By: Danielle Hatch Peter Sotis, of Delray Beach, Florida was arrested in late October 2019 after being charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as well as smuggling goods....
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, CCL, Commerce Dept, Cuba, Denied & Restricted Parties, Export License
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to further restrict exports and reexports of items to Cuba. The final rule amends the Cuba licensing policy in the EAR to establish a general rule...
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...
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...