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HOUSTON –A 48-year-old former special agent with Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has been convicted of obstructing justice, making false statements and accepting money and gifts for official acts, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

A federal jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Leatrice Malika DeBruhl-Daniels following a six-day trial.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Office of Export Enforcement
1401 Constitution Avenue, Suite 4508
Washington, DC 20230

CHARGING LETTER

VIA EXPRESS COURIER

June 7, 2022

Kenneth Peter Scott
61574 Hillside Road St.
Ignatius, MT 59865

Scott Communications, Inc.
61574 Hillside Road
St. Ignatius, MT 59865

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Matthew S. Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export
Enforcement at the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), issued
a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) suspending the export privileges of three U.S.-based
companies, Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc., Rapid Cut LLC, and U.S. Prototype Inc., for 180
days for the unauthorized export to China of technical drawings and blueprints used to 3-D print
satellite, rocket, and defense-related prototypes. This type of information is subject to strict U.S.

ATLANTA - Rashad Sargeant has been sentenced for his role in trafficking firearms to Barbados. Together with his co-defendant, David Johnson, Sargeant shipped at least 30 firearms to Barbados after obliterating the serial numbers from the firearms and packing them inside false compartments in boxes.

OTTAWA, ON / WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) play an important
role in the coordinated response to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Through stringent enforcement measures, we are restricting Russia’s access to technologies
and other goods Russia needs to sustain its aggressive military capabilities.

Between February and May 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a series of amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that have increasingly tightened export controls on the Russian Federation (Russia) and Belarus in response to Russia's further invasion of Ukraine, as substantially enabled by Belarus. This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Export
Enforcement (OEE) Director John Sonderman issued an Administrative Charging Letter against
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, alleging violations of the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) involving flights of two U.S. origin aircraft to Russia without the required
export licenses from BIS. These aircraft include a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (Tail Number P4-
BDL, Manufacturer Serial Number 37306), valued at approximately $350 million, and a

Baltimore, Maryland – Yesterday U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Janet Sturmer, age 66, of Manassas, Virginia to 54 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.  As part of her guilty plea, Sturmer will be required to pay $4.4 million in restitution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commerce Department, through its Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), is issuing a final rule adding seventy-one entities located in Russia and Belarus to
the Entity List in further response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This brings the total number
of parties added to the Entity List for support of Russia’s military since February 24 to 322.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule that revises, corrects, and clarifies certain provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) pertaining to the sweeping export controls imposed on Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine.