BIS Denies Export Privileges for Belarus, Iran Exports

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) denied (here) export privileges for 10 years from the date of conviction for Ernest Chornoletskyy. Chornoletskyy was convicted Aug. 21, 2013 for conspiring to willfully export from the U.S. to Belarus export-controlled items, including L3 x 200xp Handheld Thermal Imaging Cameras, without the require Commerce authorization, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Chornoletskyy is now listed on the State Department Debarred List. BIS also denied (here) export privileges for five years from the date of conviction for Mostafa Saberi Tehrani. Tehrani was convicted on Sept. 13, 2013 of knowingly and willfully exporting from the U.S. to Iran a pump seal without the required Treasury Department authorization, in violation of International Emergency Economic Powers Act.