BIS Adds 15 to Entity List for Sending IED Components to Iraq/Iran, DOJ Indicts 9
The Bureau of Industry and Security announced that it will add fifteen parties located in China, Hong Kong, Iran and Singapore to the Entity List. The parties added to the Entity List have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. The added persons include the following eight: Corezing International, Hia Soo Gan Benson, Hossein Ahmad Larijani, Lim Kow Seng, Lim Yong Nam, NEL Electronics Pte Ltd, Paya Electronic Complex, and Wong Yuh Lan. The remaining seven parties are: Action Global, Amaze International, Luo Jie, OEM Hub Co Ltd., Parto System Tehran, Surftech Electronics, and Zhou Zhenyong.
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In a related action, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of five people and four companies for fraud conspiracy involving exports to Iran of U.S. - origin components later found in bombs in Iraq.
(See ITT's Online Archives 11102707 for summary of the five individuals and four companies that were indicted for their part in a conspiracy to illegally export radio frequency modules to Iran and/or a conspiracy to illegally export military antennas to Singapore and Hong Kong.)