Wednesday, May 16, 2012

ITAR stuff

Current as of 16 May 2012

For ITAR Violations, in addition to the penalties to the company, the individual employee may be faced with: 

Willful Violations:  "Individual - A fine of up to $250,000 or imprisonment for up to ten years, or both, for each violation."
Knowing Violations:  "Individual - A fine of up to the greater of $50,000 or five times the value of the exports or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, for each violation."

Note that a single case may involve multiple violations and these penalties are for each violation.

source:  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50a/usc_sec_50a_00002410----000-.html
TITLE 50, APPENDIX App. > EXPORT > § 2410 Violations