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Sergey Nechaev, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, was arrested December 2 in the Southern District of Georgia on charges related to the unlawful attempted export of two small aircraft to Russia. In conjunction with the arrest, the U.S. government also seized the aircraft.
A 41 year-old Chinese national with an an expired student visa has been arrested and charged with exporting firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea. Shenghua Wen was arrested December 3rd in Ontario, California.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $14,550,000 settlement with a German firm involved in smuggling a plastics plant from Austraiia to Iran.
The out of pocket penalty for the violator is $250,000 to be paid within three months, with 27 quarterly payments of $150,000 thereafter. assuming the violator complies with the settlement and remains in business for the next seven years.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive personal and financial information. The December 3rd proposal would make clear that when data brokers sell certain sensitive consumer information they are "consumer reporting agencies" under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), requiring them to comply with accuracy requirements, provide consumers access to their information, and maintain safeguards against misuse.
“By selling our most sensitive personal data without our knowledge or consent, data brokers can profit by enabling scamming, stalking, and spying,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “The CFPB’s proposed rule will curtail these practices that threaten our personal safety and undermine America’s national security.”
Companies that sell data about income or financial tier, credit history, credit score, or debt payments would be considered consumer reporting agencies required to comply with the FCRA, regardless of how the information is used.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction Tuesday to enjoin the United States Government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act and its Implementing Regulations.
A Chinese-owned producer and distributor of aluminum extrusions in the Dominican Republic has been determined to be employing convict, forced or indentured labor by US Customs and Border Protection.
This comes on the heels of a successful appeal by Kingtom Aluminio SRL, of an Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) case before the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), where an alleger asserted Kingtom Aluminio was evading antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China.
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