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[FR Doc No: 94-20461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Export Administration

 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; Mega Computer Corporation; 
Order Denying Permission to Apply for or Use Export Licenses

    On March 23, 1992, Mega Computer Corporation (Mega Computer) was 
convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of 
California of violating the Export Administration Act of 1979, as 
amended (50 U.S.C.A. app. 2401-2420 (1991, Supp. 1993, and Public Law 
103-277, July 5, 1994)) (the Act). The conviction followed a plea of 
guilty to one count of a multiple-count criminal indictment. Mega 
Computer was convicted of knowingly violating the Act by exporting from 
the United States to Singapore United States-origin computer equipment 
without the validated export license required by the Export 
Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR Parts 768-799 
(1994)) (the Regulations).
    Section 11(h) of the Act provides that, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Commerce,\1\ no person convicted of violating the Act, or 
certain other provisions of the United States Code, shall be eligible 
to apply for or use any export license issued pursuant to, or provided 
by, the Act or the Regulations for a period of up to 10 years from the 
date of the conviction. In addition, any export license issued pursuant 
to the Act in which such a person had any interest at the time of its 
conviction may be revoked.
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    \1\Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority that are 
reflected in the Regulations, the Director, Office of Export 
Licensing, in consultation with the Director, Office of Export 
Enforcement, exercises the authority granted to the Secretary by 
Section 11(h) of the Act.
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    Pursuant to Secs. 770.15 and 772.1(g) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the Act, the 
Director, Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny 
that person permission to apply for or use any export license issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, and shall 
also determine whether to revoke any export license previously issued 
to such a person.
    Having received notice of Mega Computer's conviction for violating 
the Act, and following consultations with the Director, Office of 
Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny Mega Computer permission to 
apply for or use any export license, including any general license, 
issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, for a 
period of 10 years from the date of its conviction. The 10-year period 
ends on March 23, 2002. I have also decided to revoke all export 
licenses issued pursuant to the Act in which Mega Computer had an 
interest at the time of its conviction.
    Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered:

I

    All outstanding individual validated licenses in which Mega 
Computer appears or participates, in any manner or capacity, are hereby 
revoked and shall be returned forthwith to the Office of Export 
Licensing for cancellation. Further, all of Mega Computer's privileges 
of participating, in any manner or capacity, in any special licensing 
procedure, including, but not limited to, distribution licenses, are 
hereby revoked.

II

    Until March 23, 2002, Mega Computer Corporation, 10840 Thornmint 
Road, San Diego, California 92127, hereby is denied all privileges of 
participating, directly or indirectly, in any manner or capacity, in 
any transaction in the United States or abroad involving any commodity 
or technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, in 
whole or in part, and subject to the Regulations. Without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing, participation, either in the United States 
or abroad, shall include participation, directly or indirectly, in any 
manner or capacity: (i) As a party or as a representative of a party to 
any export license application submitted to the Department; (ii) in 
preparing or filing with the Department any export license application 
or request for reexport authorization, or any document to be submitted 
therewith; (iii) in obtaining from the Department or using any 
validated or general export license, reexport authorization or other 
export control document; (iv) in carrying on negotiations with respect 
to, or in receiving, ordering, buying, selling, delivering, storing, 
using, or disposing of, in whole or in part, any commodities or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, and 
subject to the Regulations; and (v) in financing, forwarding, 
transporting, or other servicing of such commodities or technical data.

III

    After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in Section 
770.15(h) of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to Mega Computer by affiliation, 
ownership, control, or position or responsibility in the conduct of 
trade or related services may also be subject to the provisions of this 
Order.

IV

    As provided in Section 787.12(a) of the Regulations, without prior 
disclosure of the facts to and specific authorization of the Office of 
Export Licensing, in consultation with the Office of Export 
Enforcement, no person may directly or indirectly, in any manner or 
capacity: (i) Apply for, obtain, or use any license, Shipper's Export 
Declaration, bill of lading, or other export control document relating 
to an export or reexport of commodities or technical data by, to, or 
for another person then subject to an order revoking or denying his 
export privileges or then excluded from practice before the Bureau of 
Export Administration; or (ii) order, buy, receive, use, sell, deliver, 
store, dispose of, forward, transport, finance, or otherwise service or 
participate: (a) In any transaction which may involve any commodity or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States; (b) 
in any reexport thereof; or (c) in any other transaction which is 
subject to the Export Administration Regulations, if the person denied 
export privileges may obtain any benefit or have any interest in, 
directly or indirectly, any of these transactions.

V

    This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect 
until March 23, 2002.

VI

    A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Mega Computer. This 
Order shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: August 10, 1994.
Charles M. Guernieri,
Acting Director, Office of Export Licensing.
[FR Doc. 94-20461 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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