Brotherly Love Only Goes So Far
I’ll admit it and apologize in advance. The main reason for this story and for this link to Britain’s worst newspaper is so that I can run the picture of Ariel Maralit. Ariel, the guy in the photo on the…
Category Criminal Penalties
Feds Indict Man For Mistakes on Discontinued Forms
As most readers of this blog know, the venerable Shipper’s Export Declaration was discontinued in 2008. Instead, exporters now file the Electronic Export Information using the Automated Export System. Apparently the news of this change has yet to make its…
Export Car to China: Go Directly to Jail
Everybody knows that you can go to jail for exporting a tank to China. But did you know that you can go to jail for exporting a luxury car, classified as EAR99, to China? Well, it appears that you can.…
Maryland Pizza Shop Owner Pleads to Export Charges
The owner of a Jerry’s Subs and Pizza franchise in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty to shipping various rifles and rifle parts, including magazines, receivers, and sights, to Pakistan without the required license from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.…
Might As Well Be Hung for a Sheep as a Lamb
ABOVE: Mozaffar Khazaee On February 25, Mozaffar Khazaee, a former employee of various defense contractors, pleaded guilty to illegal export of ITAR-controlled technical data to Iran. The case started with an audacious shipment from Connecticut to a freight forwarder in…