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Defendant Allegedly Used Network of Businesses in China and Other Countries to Illegally Transfer Hundreds of Thousands of Semiconductors to Sanctioned Business with Ties to Russian Military and Russian Intelligence Agencies

ATLANTA – A federal jury has convicted Jalal Hajavi of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”), smuggling goods from the United States, unlawfully exporting and reexporting goods from the U.S. to Iran without a license, and unlawfully engaging in transactions and dealings based on his participation in a scheme to unlawfully export heavy equipment from the U.S. to Iran by routing the shipments though the United Arab Emirates.

January 16, 2024

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LAREDO, Texas – Three siblings have admitted to buying, transporting and concealing ammunition intended to be smuggled into Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

CONCORD – The New Hampshire charity NuDay, a/k/a NuDay Syria, was sentenced today in federal court for export offenses, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

NuDay was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to five years of probation, the maximum penalty for an organizational defendant. NuDay was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. On September 8, 2023, NuDay pleaded guilty to three counts of Failure to File Export Information.

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ALCANTARA was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick to 68 months in prison for trafficking firearms. ALCANTARA previously pled guilty to conspiring to traffic firearms and conspiring to launder money.

Justice Department Seizes More Than $800,000 from Companies Tied to Network

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Department of Justice, Department of Commerce’s Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security
Investigations (HSI), Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), and
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a joint compliance
note highlighting common tactics deployed by malign actors in the maritime and other
transportation industries as well as recent enforcement actions taken in response to alleged
violations.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of three domains used by Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and their members associated with Lebanese Hizballah.

In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding forty-two entities under forty-four entries to the Entity List. These entities are listed under the destinations of Armenia (3), Belarus (1), Belgium (3), China, People's Republic of (China) (1), Cyprus (4), Germany (1),...