BIS Announces Denial of Export Privileges for Seven Export Control Law Violators
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is denying export privileges for seven individuals for Arms Export Control Act violations, the agency said. BIS removed export privileges for Yasser Ahmad Obeid until Dec. 17, 2024, which will be 10 years after the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida convicted him of agreeing to export items designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) without a required State Department license, BIS said. BIS removed export privileges for Jose Benavides-Cira until Nov. 30, 2020, after he was convicted Nov. 30, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for agreeing to export rifles to Mexico with no State license or approval. Benavides is the subject of another export denial (see 1706300006). BIS eliminated export privileges for Ricardo Varela until Feb. 8, 2021, after he was convicted on Feb. 8, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for agreeing to export rifles to Mexico with no State license.
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BIS ended export privileges for Wenxia Man until Aug. 19, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found Man guilty of attempting to export to China fighter jet engines and an unmanned aerial vehicle without required State licenses. BIS nixed export privileges for Mansour Moghtaderi Zadeh until Dec. 14, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found Zadeh guilty of violating a temporary denial order by conspiring to export to Iran aviation course indicators, aerospace metal sheets and rods, specialty paints and adhesives, and a fiber optic video transmitter and receiver. BIS eliminated export privileges for David Maricola until Aug. 24, 2026, after U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts convicted him of exporting USML-designated firearm parts without necessary licenses. BIS also denied the export privileges of Alexandre Dos Anjos Oliveira until April 9, 2020, after U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found Oliveira guilty of attempting to export to Brazil USML-designated firearm barrels, cylinders, receivers, components, parts and accessories.
(Federal Register 08/17/17)