Yuri I. Montgomery, Respondent; Final Decision and Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 08-BIS-0004] This matter is before me upon a Recommended Decision and Order (“RDO”) issued by the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”), and a settlement proposal subsequently submitted by the parties. In a charging letter filed on July 1, 2008, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) alleged that Respondent Yuri I. Montgomery (“Respondent” or “Montgomery”)  [ 1 ] had committed fourteen violations of the Export Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR parts 730-774 (2010) (“Regulations”)), issued pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2401-2420) (the “EAA” or “Act”), [ 2 ] by participating in transactions involving the export or attempted export from the United States of items subject to the Regulations, while knowing that he was subject to a BIS order denying his export privileges. On January 15, 2010, BIS unilaterally withdrew Charge 10, leaving thirteen charges for consideration by the ALJ. Charges 1-7 of the Charging Letter allege that: Charges 8-9, and 11-14 allege that Montgomery acted with knowledge of violations of the Denial Order in connection with the items exported or to be exported from the United States to Macedonia, as follows: The schedule of violations attached to the Charging Letter provided additional detail as to each of the seven trans…