BIS Cracks Down on Illegal Software, Energy Equipment Sales Abroad
The Commerce Department settled a civil case with an Intel Corporation subsidiary, Wind River Systems, on Oct. 7 over encryption software sales to foreign entities, some of which are sanctioned by the BIS Entity List. The company is set to…
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pay $750,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security in the next 30 days, and if the payment is not made on time, BIS threatened to build interest on the figure and prevent the company from exporting goods. Wind River Systems, based in of Alameda, Calif., exported software valued at $2.9 million to end-users in China, Hong Kong, Russia, Israel, South Africa, and South Korea on 55 occasions between 2008 and 2011, BIS said. Meanwhile, BIS also settled on Oct. 7 an enforcement case into EAR violations committed by a Belgian firm. Robbins and Myers Belgium allegedly sold heat-treated special alloy tubes lined with helical-shaped rubber inserts to Syria in 2006. The product is used in oil and gas drilling and exploration, BIS said. Robbins and Myers Belgium will have to pay $600,000 within 30 days or BIS will build interest on the sum and bar the company’s exports.