Category Criminal Penalties

A Costly Favor

ABOVE: Iran’s 9th Olefin PetrochemicalComplex Earlier this month, French corporation Cryostar SA entered a guilty plea to various export violations arising from its role in a scheme to export cryogenic pumps for installation in the 9th Olefin Petroleum Complex in…

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ABOVE: Vibro-Meter PressureIndicators A story by Dan Browning in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune alerted me to an investigation of Global Engineering Associates (“GEA”), a company located in a Minneapolis suburb. According to a recently unsealed search warrant (which Dan Browning was…