BIS Imposes Civil Penalty on South African Company for Transshipping U.S. Medical Devices to Iran
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently imposed a $14,000 civil penalty on South Africa's STAT Medical (Pty), Ltd. to settle allegations that the company violated the Export Administration Regulations by participating in the transshipment of unlicensed U.S. origin medical defibrillators to Iran in July 2000 and by making a false statement to investigators in connection with the exports.
This is the third civil penalty imposed by BIS in connection with this particular shipment of unlicensed defibrillators to Iran. In August 2005, BIS assessed an $82,500 civil penalty on U.S.-based Zoll Medical Corporation, for exporting defibrillators to Iran via South Africa. In October 2005 BIS also imposed an $8,000 civil penalty on the freight forwarder that was involved in this transaction.
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