News & Updates

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo welcomed
President Biden’s nominees to serve as Assistant Secretaries of Commerce at the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS), Thea D. Rozman Kendler and Matthew S. Axelrod, following their
unanimous confirmations by the United States Senate.

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”), and Johnathan Carson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, New York Field Office, announced that ROBERT ALCANTARA was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today with conspiring to traffic firearms and with making false statements. ALCANTARA was arrested today and presented in the District of Rhode Island.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two Spanishlanguage guidance documents, Elementos de un ECP (Elements of an ECP) and Directrices de Cumplimiento Para Las Exportaciones (Export Compliance Guidelines).

Assistant U. S. Attorney Alexandra F. Foster (619) 546-6735

SAN DIEGO – Ye Sang “Ivy” Wang, a former U.S. Navy sailor who was a Logistics Specialist First Class assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command, was sentenced to 30 months in custody and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for conspiring with her husband and co-defendant, Shaohua “Eric” Wang, to illegally export sensitive military equipment to China for profit.

Baltimore, Maryland – Jorge Orencel, age 65, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of attempting to smuggle goods out of the United States without the required export license. Orencel owned and operated Sumtech, an export business located in Fulton, Maryland.

Today, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took action to address the ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy presented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s efforts to develop and deploy biotechnology and other technologies for military applications and human rights abuses.

SAVANNAH, GA: An Atlanta man has been sentenced in federal court after admitting he attempted to hide firearms in an overseas shipment of goods.

Shawn Sabi, 53, of Atlanta, was sentenced to 19 months in prison after pleading guilty to Submitting False or Misleading Export Information, said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Sabi also was ordered to serve two years of supervised release after completion of his prison sentence.

There is no parole in the federal system.

Today the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced new restrictions to address human rights abuses and corruption by Cambodian government actors, including the military, as well as the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China’s military in Cambodia.