State Reaches $100,000 Settlement With Company in Arms Export Act Violation Case
Microwave Engineering Corporation (MEC) agreed to pay $100,000 as part of a settlement with the State Department in connection with the alleged unauthorized export of technical data to a Chinese employee of the Andover, Massachusetts-based company, State said (here). The…
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U.S. has an arms embargo against China. MEC voluntarily disclosed pertinent facts to State, acknowledged the seriousness of allegations and initiated “extensive remedial measures,” State said. “For these reasons, the Department determined that an administrative debarment of MEC was not appropriate, and additional remediation (and related oversight) was not necessary.”