[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43370-43371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21662]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; Elham Abrishami; Order 
Denying Permission to Apply for or Use Export Licenses

    In the Matter of: Elham Abrishami, 271 Morrsarrat Drive, Dublin, 
Ohio 43017.

    On August 20, 1997, Elham Abrishami (Abrishami) was convicted in 
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 
Eastern Division, on one count of violating 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\ and one count of 
violating Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (currently codified 
at 22 U.S.C.A. Sec. 2278 (1990 & Supp. 1998)) (AECA). Specifically, 
Abrishami was convicted of knowingly and willfully exporting and 
causing to be exported radio communication equipment to the United Arab 
Emirates, for transshipment of Iran, without first having obtained 
authorization from the Department of Commerce, and of knowingly and 
willfully attempting to export encryption modules from the United Arab 
Emirates, for transshipment to Iran, without first having obtained an 
export license or written authorization from the State Department.
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    \1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 (3 
C.F.R., 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)), extended by Presidential Notices of 
August 15, 1995 (3 CFR, 1995 Comp. 501 (1996)), August 14, 1996 (3 
CFR , 1996 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)) (IEEPA).
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    Section 11(h) of the Act provides that, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Commerce,\2\ no person convicted of violating the Act or 
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 
(1998)) (the Regulations), for a period of up to 10 years from the date 
of the conviction. In addition, any license 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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    \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 had been convicted of violating the Act or 
the AECA, the Director, Office of Export 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 Abrishami's conviction for violating the 
Act and the AECA, and following consultations with the Acting Director, 
Office of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny Abrishami 
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 10 years from the date of her conviction. 
The 10-year period ends on August 20, 2007. I have also decided to 
revoke all licenses issued pursuant to the Act in which Abrishami had 
an interest at the time of her conviction.
    Accordingly, it is hereby

Ordered

    I. Until August 20, 2007, Elham Abrishami, 271 Morrsarrat Drive, 
Dublin, Ohio 43017, 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 in behalf of the denied person any item 
subject to the Regulations;
    B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted 
acquisition by the 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 the 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 State 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 Abrishami 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-produced direct 
product of U.S.-origin technology.
    V. This Order is effective immediately and small remain in effect 
until August 20, 2007.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Abrishami. This 
Order shall be published in the Federal Register.


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    Dated: August 3, 1998.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 98-21662 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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