Texas Company Settles Allegations Of Antiboycott Violations

06/14/10 04:21 PM Posted by Jennifer KessingerFiled in: BIS | Export | Encryption | Antiboycott

On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that Messina, Inc. (Messina) of Dallas, TX, has agreed to pay a $10,800 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on two occasions.

The announcement provided that:

BIS, through its Office of Antiboycott Compliance, alleged that in 2004, in connection with two letter of credit transactions involving the sale and transfer of goods destined for Iraq that were shipped through the UAE, Messina furnished to a U.S. bank two certificates signed by the agent for a vessel that attested to the vessel’s eligibility to call at the port of a boycotting country. In doing so, Messina furnished information concerning other persons known or believed to be restricted from having any business relationship with or in a boycotting country, in violation of the antiboycott provisions of the EAR.