BIS Revokes Export Licenses to Marc Knapp Following Conviction Under IEEPA
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said it was denying export privileges to Marc Knapp of Safford, Ariz., until September 13, 2012, after his conviction last year by the U.S. District Court in Delaware on one count of violating…
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the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA) and on one count of violating Arms Export Control Act. Knapp pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully attempting to export from the U.S. to Iran an F-5B Tiger II fighter jet and other defense articles without getting the required authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in violation of IEEPA. He was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment and ordered to serve three years of supervised release. BIS said it was revoking all export licenses issued to Knapp “pursuant to the Act or Regulations in which” he had “an interest in at the time of his conviction.”