Marc Knapp, a 36 year old California man, was arrested on charges that, among other things, he attempted to export a military surplus F-5 fighter jet and other export-controlled defense articles. to Iran. The recently unsealed criminal complaint alleges a…
A recently unsealed criminal complaint filed in federal district court in Seattle provides a wealth of details on the criminal export prosecution of Lian Yang, a software engineer living in Woodinville, Washington. According to the allegations of the complaint, Yang,…
ABOVE: D&R Sports Center Mark Komoroski, owner of D&R Sports Center in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in August 2009 to illegally exporting rifle scopes and other optics to Russia. He was sentenced to 32 months in jail and ordered to…
An Arizona man and his company Marsh Aviation have been indicted for conspiring to provide defense services to the Venezuelan Air Force and exporting military aircraft engine to Venezuela without the required licenses. The engines in question were Garrett T-76…
ABOVE: Thomas McGuinn An excellent article by Justin Blum on the U.S. investigation of the Irish company Mac Aviation appeared today on Bloomberg News. I have previously reported here and here on the pending indictments of Mac Aviation and its…