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Ex-Barbados Minister of Industry Sentenced for Laundering Bribes Through NY Bank
April 29, 2021 |Penalties

Donville Inniss, former Barbados minister of industry and Parliament member, was sentenced to two years in prison for helping launder bribe payments from an insurance company in his home country through bank accounts in New York, the Department of Justice announced in an April 27 news release. In 2015 and 2016, Inniss laundered around $36,000 in bribes from executives of Insurance Corporation of Barbados in exchange for contracts between the insurance company and the Barbados government. Inniss, who lived in Tampa, Florida, and Barbados, helped secure the contracts, worth over $100 million, due to his government position, DOJ said.

US Seizes Oil Tanker for Violating Sanctions on North Korea
April 27, 2021 |Penalties

The U.S. government seized an oil tanker for delivering petroleum products to North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions and charged a Singaporean national with conspiracy to evade sanctions, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in an April 23 news release. Kwek Kee Seng of Singapore and the ship, the M/T Courageous, allegedly brought oil to North Korea via ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean ships and direct shipments to the North Korean port of Nampo. The transfers allegedly took place August-December 2019 when the ship stopped transmitting its location. DOJ said satellite imagery revealed the Courageous engaging in the ship-to-ship transfers of more than $1.5 million worth of oil to an OFAC-designated North Korean ship.

Coca-Cola Chemist Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets, Selling to China
April 26, 2021 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties

Chemist Xiaorong You was convicted by a federal jury in Greeneville, Tennessee, for conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, possession of stolen trade secrets, economic espionage and wire fraud, the Department of Justice announced in an April 22 press release. You, also known as Shannon You, was the principal engineer for global research at the Coca-Cola Co. and an employee at Eastman Chemical Co., where she became aware of trade secrets belonging major chemical and coating companies. The secrets were related to formulas for bisphenol-A-free coatings for the inside of beverage cans and cost around $120 million to develop. A Lansing, Michigan, resident, You stole the trade secrets to establish a new BPA-free coating company in China, receiving millions of dollars of support from the Chinese government, DOJ said.

Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Violating Arms Export Control Act
April 22, 2021 |Penalties

A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act for attempting to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms out of the U.S., the Department of Justice announced in an April 20 news release. Samet Doyduk agreed to ship firearms parts from the U.S. to Turkey and Georgia in violation of EPA, which prohibits the export of defense articles without first obtaining a license from the State Department. The firearms parts Doyduk attempted to ship include upper receivers, barrels and magazines for different types of Glock handguns in calibers of 9 mm, .40 caliber and .357 caliber.