BIS Suspends Export Privileges for Illegal Shipments to China, Mexico
The Bureau of Industry and Security suspended the export privileges of three people this week, including one person who tried to ship controlled items to an entity on the Entity List.
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Shuren Qin, an inmate at a Pennsylvania federal prison, was convicted Sept. 8, 2021, for conspiring to illegally export items from the U.S. to China-based Northwestern Polytechnical University, which was first added to the Entity List in 2001. Qin also was convicted of two counts of making false statements to law enforcement agents about his customers and the types of parts he exported to China, and two counts of smuggling hydrophones to China. Qin was sentenced to two years of “confinement,” two years of supervised release, a $1,000 assessment and a $20,000 criminal fine. BIS suspended Qin’s export privileges for 10 years from the conviction date. A federal court in January upheld a district court ruling sentencing Qin, a Chinese national, to prison (see 2301130023 and 2109090033).
Jorge Martin Dorame, an Arizona resident, was convicted Jan. 26, 2021, for smuggling and trying to smuggle from the U.S. to Mexico various controlled weapons, weapons components and weapons parts, BIS said. The items included lower receivers, collapsible stocks, ammunition links, compensators, carbine buffers, hammer springs, trigger guards, trigger springs, a buffer tube and more. Dorame was sentenced to five years of probation and a $100 special assessment. BIS suspended Dorame’s export privileges for five years from the conviction date.
Rafael Palomares, an inmate at a Colorado federal prison, was convicted May 13, 2021, after “knowingly and willfully agreeing to conspire with others” to export firearms from the U.S. to Mexico without the required licenses in violation of the Arms Export Control Act, BIS said. Palomares was sentenced to 45 months of “confinement” with credit for time served, three years of supervised release and a $100 assessment. BIS suspended Palomares’ export privileges for 10 years from the conviction date.