BIS Imposes Civil Penalties for Unlicensed Exports
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently imposed civil penalties in connection with two enforcement cases involving unlicensed exports to Iran and China.
In the first case, BIS alleged that Ali Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Turboanalisis, Inc., a Phoenix-based supplier of civil and military aircraft parts, and of Turbo Technologies LLC, an FAA-approved repair station, in his individual capacity, conspired to export and exported aircraft parts classifed as ECCN 9A991 to Iran via Singapore and Malaysia on three separate occasions. Under the settlement agreement reached with BIS, Khan was assessed a civil penalty of$110,000. The charging letter, settlement agreement and order can be viewed at efoia.bis.doc.gov/ExportControlViolations/E910.pdf.
In the second case, BIS imposed a $33,000 civil penalty on Hong Kong-based Sunford Trading Ltd. for ordering, buying, financing and forwarding an industrial hot press furnace to the Beijing Research Institute of Materials and Technology without the required export license. In addition to the penalty, BIS imposed a three-year denial order on Sunford Trading Ltd. and the company has been included on BIS's unverified list. The order issued by BIS in this case can be viewed at efoia.bis.doc.gov/ExportControlViolations/E909.pdf.
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