Defendant Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison & Fined over $500K for Export of Luxury Vehicles to China Defendant Mao Peng of Shorewood, Wisconsin was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $517,265 in restitution. Peng had previously pleaded guilty to three felony offenses: Conspiracy to engage in wire fraud Conspired to defraud the State of … [Read more...]
Chinese Citizen Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Attempt to Hand Carry Restricted Technology to China
Chinese Citizen Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Attempt to Hand Carry Restricted Technology to China A 41-year-old citizen, YUE WU, of the People’s Republic of China was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 months in prison for Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act. YUE WU was arrested as he prepared to leave the United States from the San … [Read more...]
Company Agrees to Pay Penalty & Implement Compliance Program to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
Company Agrees to Pay Penalty & Implement Compliance Program to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations Tractor Supply Company (Tractor Supply Company Inc. and Tractor Supply Company of Texas L.P.) agreed to a settlement offered by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - from DOJ news release: that resolves … [Read more...]
Iranian Company Pleads Guilty to U.S. Export Violation
Iranian Company Pleads Guilty to U.S. Export Violation An officer of Falcon Instrumentation & Machinery FZE, an Iranian corporation formerly known as FIMCO (Falcon/FIMCO) , entered a plea of guilty on behalf of the corporation to conspiracy to evade export licensing requirements. The conspiracy: An attempt to smuggle to Iran a machine with possible military as well … [Read more...]
Taiwanese National Violates U.S. Sanctions – Exporting to Iran
Taiwanese National Violates U.S. Sanctions - Exporting to Iran In San Antonio, Kunlin Hsieh a sales manager for Junbon Enterprises in Taiwan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to ship U.S. communications technology to the Republic of Iran. Hsieh pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Iranian Transaction and … [Read more...]