Banana Flambé
News accounts of the circumstances surrounding the agreement of Chiquita Brands to pay a $25 million criminal fine for payments made to a rebel group in Columbia don’t really tell the whole story. That story can be found in the…
Category Criminal Penalties
“Specially Designed” May Not Mean What You Think It Means
On March 14 the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added Maurice Subilia, Walter Lachman and Fiber Materials, Inc. to the Denied Persons List and deprived them of export privileges until November 2015. Fiber Materials hasn’t apparently gotten that news…
Whose Default Is It Anyway?
In today’s Federal Register, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a decision by an Administrative Law Judge finding William Kovacs in default in responding to a charging letter, fining him $66,000, and suspending his export privileges for five…
Bad Missionaries (Cont’d)
The criminal complaint filed against the two Florida men who obtained Cuba travel licenses for fake churches is amusing reading, at least if you enjoy reading about gangs that couldn’t shoot straight. Some 4,500 people traveled on the fake churches’…
United Church of Castro Tours Havana
According to this AP wire story, two men in Florida were charged with violating the Cuban Sanctions Regulations by applying for Cuba travel licenses using “fake” religious organizations. Prosecutors charged that the two men then sold these licenses to travel…