News & Updates

A federal indictment was unsealed Tuesday in the District of Oregon charging a Belgian national in connection with the export of sensitive, military-grade technology from the United States to end users in the People’s Republic of China.

In two separate indictments unsealed yesterday, Hans Maria De Geetere, 61, of Knokke-Heist, Belgium, is charged with crimes related to a years-long scheme to unlawfully export sensitive, military-grade technology from the United States to end users located in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation.

The U.S. Commerce Department adds 42 entities, involving Russia, Iran, and China, to the Entity List for unlawfully acquiring U.S. military technology. The action is in support of Ukraine against Russia's military actions.

The BIS adds Aerofalcon S.L., Novax Group S.A., Zero Waste Global SA, and Si2Microsystems Private Limited to the Entity List for activities against U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, related to circumventing sanctions against Venezuela and Russia.

The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security issues a Temporary Denial Order against seven individuals and three companies for illegally exporting dual-use electronics with military applications to Russia.

Bureau of Industry and Security and FinCEN Issue Joint Notice and New Key Term for
Reporting Evasion of U.S. Export Controls Globally

Forta LLC, a Pennsylvania company, faces a $44,750 penalty from the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security for violating antiboycott regulations. The settlement highlights the importance of antiboycott compliance programs for all companies.

WASHINGTON, D.C-- Today, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the imposition of a civil penalty of $44,750 against Forta LLC (Forta), a manufacturer of synthetic reinforcement fibers, located in Grove City, Pennsylvania, to resolve three violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 C.F.R. parts 730-774) (antiboycott regulations), as alleged in BIS’s Proposed Charging Letter (PCL).

Assistant Secretary Matthew Axelrod of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security and Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division jointly traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine from October 30 through November 1 to reaffirm and strengthen further the U.S. Government’s close partnership with Ukrainian counterparts to stop the flow of sensitive technologies to aid the Russian war machine.

Brooklyn Company Received Over $250,000 from Sanctioned Russian Entity to Purchase and Export Electronic Components