On Tuesday, Russian Roman Kvinikadze pleaded guilty in federal court in Wyoming to charges that he attempted to export thermal imaging weapon sights to Russia without a required license from the U.S. State Department. Last month, we reported on Kvinikadze’s arrest…
Another round in the fine proliferation race between OFAC, BIS and DDTC was played out today as the the BIS website trumpeted in headline typeface usually reserved for announcing the end of the world by impending asteroid collision (WORLD ENDS…
So, let’s imagine that your office is in Denver and on August 2 you sent an email to a supplier, also in Denver, with proprietary technical drawings of an export-controlled part. Your supplier has signed an NDA and has also…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently announced a whopping $1.5 million fine against “Alma Investment LLC, a UAE-based investment and advising company” for violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran. Since the case involved six electronic funds transfers for…
ABOVE: Diocenyr Ribamar Barbosa-Santos Back in December of 2012, we reported on Diocenyr Ribamar Barbosa-Santos, an airline mechanic, who fantasized to an undercover agent about his plans to buy seven airplanes from China to sell to Iran once he secured a…