Order Denying Export Privileges

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 On August 3, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Olaf Tepper (“Tepper”) was convicted of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C § 1701, et seq. (2012)) (“IEEPA”). Specifically, Tepper was convicted of willfully conspiring to export and cause to be exported from the United States to Germany gas turbine parts, with knowledge and reason to know that such goods were intended specifically for re-exportation, directly and indirectly, to Iran, without having first obtained the required authorization from the U.S Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Tepper was sentenced to 24 months in prison, a fine of $5,000, and an assessment of $400. The Export Administration Regulations (“EAR” or “Regulations”) are administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”). [ 1 ] Section 766.25 of the Regulations provides, in pertinent part, that the “Director of [BIS's] Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the Director of [BIS's] Office of Export Enforcement, may deny the export privileges of any person who has been convicted of a violation of . . . the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C 1701-1706 ).” 15 CFR 766.25(a) . The denial of export privileges under this provision may be for a period o…