Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Spare Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

One of the things that SCP Global Technologies got in trouble for according to the Settlement Agreement released today by BIS was shipping spare parts without a license that were not eligible for License Exception RPL. According to the charging…

Prison Address: Probably a Red Flag

BIS will send you, if you ask, an email notifying you of updates to the BIS website. Today I received one of the odder of such notices: In the matter of the denial order of Ihsan Elashi, et. al., the…

Chattanooga Boo-Boo

OFAC just released its monthly exercise in non-disclosure, recounting — in as little detail as possible — penalty actions undertaken by OFAC in the previous month. A Cuba vacationer, a guy who purchased a few Cuban stogies over the Internet,…

OFAC Lassos El Paso

In all the hubbub about the SEC fining El Paso for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through bribes paid in connection with the Oil for Food program, there has been little mention that OFAC was also part of the…

From Here to Kathmandu, Part 2

Last week I posted on the issuance by OFAC of a license to the U.S. Embassy in Nepal and USAID to continue providing financial support to the Government of Nepal notwithstanding that the Communist Party of Nepal (the “CPN”), an…