BIS Announces Denial of Export Privileges for Four Export Control Law Violators

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is denying export privileges for two individuals for separate instances of Arms Export Control Act violations and two other individuals for separate instances of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) violations, the agency said. BIS removed export privileges for Kim Song until Feb. 28, 2026, which will be 10 years after the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah convicted him of exporting night vision optics and a thermal imaging weapons sight designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) without a required State Department license, BIS said (here). BIS removed export privileges for Juan Jose Estrada (here) until July 25, 2024, after he was convicted July 24, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for attempting to export a USML-designated .30-caliber rifle to Mexico with no State license or approval. Related to IEEPA violations, BIS ended export privileges for Amin Al-Baroudi (here) until June 13, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found him guilty of conspiring to export and agreeing with other U.S. and non-U.S. persons to export to Syria goods in violation of U.S. sanctions on Syria without having a Commerce Department authorization for the exports. Finally, BIS ended export privileges for Sihai Cheng (here) until Jan. 27, 2026, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts convicted him of conspiring to export pressure transducers to Iran without a required Office of Foreign Assets Control authorization. Song, Estrada, Al-Baroudi and Cheng may appeal by May 14 with the undersecretary of commerce for industry and security.