BIS Suspends Export Privileges for Illegal Computer Exports to Pakistan
The Bureau of Industry and Security suspended the export privileges of an Illinois resident for illegally exporting controlled equipment to Pakistan, the agency said in an order last week. BIS said Obaidullah Syed was convicted May 17, 2022, of conspiring…
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to export computers, computer systems and “associated equipment” from the U.S. to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission without a Commerce Department license (see 2205200033). Syed was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, one year and one day of supervised release, a $100 assessment and a forfeiture of $247,000. BIS suspended Syed’s export privileges for 10 years from the conviction date.