[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27561-27562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13286]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; Sanford B. Groetzinger; Order 
Denying Permission to Apply for or Use Export Licenses

    In the Matter of: Sanford B. Groetzinger currently incarcerated 
at: Federal Correction Institute, Number 21423038, P.O. Box 7000, 
Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640, and with an address at: 82 Dennison 
Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930.

    On September 26, 1997, Sanford B. Groetzinger (Groetzinger) was 
convicted in the United States District Court for the District of 
Massachusetts on four courts of violating Section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (currently codified at 22 U.S.C.A. 2778 (1990 & Supp. 
1998)) (the AECA). Specifically, Groetzinger was convicted of knowingly 
and willfully exporting and attempting to export defense articles to 
France, for transshipment to Iran, without obtaining the required 
export licenses from the Department of State.
    Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended 
(currently codified at 50 U.S.C.A. app. Secs. 2401-2420 (1991 & Supp. 
1998)) (the Act),\1\ provides that, at the discretion of the Secretary 
of Commerce,\2\ no person convicted of violating the AECA, or certain 
other provisions of the United States Code, shall be eligible to apply 
for or use any license, including any License Exception, issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the Export Administration 
Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR Parts 730-774 (1997)) (the 
Regulations), for a period of up to 10 years from the date of the 
conviction. In addition, any license

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issued pursuant to the Act in which such a person had any interest at 
the time of conviction may be revoked.
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    \1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 (3 
CFR 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)), extended by Presidential Notices of 
August 15, 1995 (3 CFR, 1995 comp. 501 (1996)), August 14, 1996 (3 
CFR, 1196 Comp. 298 (1997)), and August 13, 1997 (62 FR 43629, 
August 15, 1997), continued the Export Administration Regulations in 
effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C.A. Secs. 1701-1706 (1991 & Supp. 1998)).
    \2\ Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority, the 
Director, Office of Exporter Services, 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 Sections 766.25 and 750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the AECA, 
the Director, Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny 
that person permission to apply for or use any license, including any 
License Exception, issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the 
Regulations, and shall also determine whether to revoke any license 
previously issued to such a person.
    Having received notice of Groetzinger's conviction for violating 
the AECA, and following consultations with the Acting Director, Office 
of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny Groetzinger permission to 
apply for or use any license, including any License Exception, issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, for a period 
of eight years from the date of his conviction. The eight-year period 
ends on September 26, 2005. I have also decided to revoke all licenses 
issued pursuant to the Act in which Groetzinger had an interest at the 
time of his conviction.
    Accordingly, it is hereby

Ordered

    I. Until September 26, 2005, Sanford B. Groetzinger, currently 
incarcerated at Federal Correction Institute, Number 21423038, P.O. Box 
7000, Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640 and with an address at 82 Dennison 
Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930, may not, directly or 
indirectly, participate in any way, in any transaction involving any 
commodity, software or technology (hereinafter collectively referred to 
as ``item'') exported or to be exported from the United States, that is 
subject to the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the 
Regulations, including, but not limited to:
    A. Applying for, obtaining, or using any license, License 
Exception, or export control document;
    B. Carrying on negotiations concerning, or ordering, buying, 
receiving, using, selling, delivering, storing, disposing of, 
forwarding, transporting, financing, or otherwise servicing in any way, 
any transaction involving any item exported or to be exported from the 
United States that is subject to the Regulations, or in any other 
activity subject to the Regulations; or
    C. Benefiting in any way from any transaction involving any item 
exported or to be exported from the United States that is subject to 
the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations.
    II. No person may do, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
    A. Export or reexport to or on behalf of the denied person any item 
subject to the Regulations;
    B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted 
acquisition by a denied person of the ownership, possession, or control 
of any item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be 
exported from the United States, including financing or other support 
activities related to a transaction whereby a denied person acquires or 
attempts to acquire such ownership, possession or control;
    C. Take any action to acquire from or to facilitate the acquisition 
or attempted acquisition from the denied person of any item subject to 
the Regulations that has been exported from the United States;
    D. Obtain from the denied person in the United States any item 
subject to the Regulations with knowledge or reason to know that the 
item will be, or is intended to be, exported from the United States; or
    E. Engage in any transaction to service any item subject to the 
Regulations that has been or will be exported from the United States 
and which is owned, possessed or controlled by the denied person, or 
service any item, of whatever origin, that is owned, possessed or 
controlled by the denied person if such service involves the use of any 
item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be exported from 
the United States. For purposes of this paragraph, servicing means 
installation, maintenance, repair, modification or testing.
    III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in 
Section 766.23 of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to Groetzinger by affiliation, ownership, 
control, or position of responsibility in the conduct of trade or 
related services may also be subject to the provisions of this Order.
    IV. This Order does not prohibit any export, reexport, or other 
transaction subject to the Regulations where the only items involved 
that are subject to the Regulations are the foreign-producted direct 
product of U.S.-origin technology.
    V. This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect 
until September 26, 2005.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Groetziner. This 
Order shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: May 11, 1998.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 98-13286 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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