[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3274]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Export Administration
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Jose Luis Sesin; Order
Denying Permission To Apply For or Use Export Licenses
In the Matter of: Jose Luis Sesin, 7764 SW 57 Terrace, Miami,
Florida 33143-1624.
On May 20, 1998, Jose Luis Sesin (Sesin) was convicted in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on,
inter alia, one count of violating the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1701-1706 (1991 & Supp. 1998)) (IEEPA).
Sesin was convicted of knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully exporting
and causing to be exported, under a false bill of lading, eight
containers of goods to the Dominican Republic, which were then
transshipped to Havana, Cuba, without the required export licenses.
Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended
(currently codified at 50 U.S.C.A. app. Secs. 2401-2420 (1991 & Supp.
1998)) (the Act),\1\ provides that, at the discretion of the Secretary
of Commerce,\2\ no person convicted of violating the IEEPA, or certain
other provisions of the United States Code, shall be eligible to apply
for or use any license, including any License Exception, issued
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the Export Administration
Regulations (currently codified at 15 C.F.R. parts 730-774 (1998)) (the
Regulations), for a period of up to 10 years from the date of the
conviction. In addition, any license issued pursuant to the Act in
which such a person had any interest at the time of conviction may be
revoked.
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\1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 (3
C.F.R., 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)), extended by Presidential Notices of
August 15, 1995 (3 C.F.R., 1995 Comp. 501 (1996)), August 14, 1996
(3 C.F.R., 1996 Comp. 298 (1997)), August 13, 1997 (3 C.F.R., 1997
Comp. 306 (1998)), and August 13, 1998 (63 Fed. Meg. 44121, August
17, 1998), continued the Export Administration Regulations in effect
under the IEEPA.
\2\ Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority that are
reflected in the Regulations, the Director, Office of Exporter
Services, in consultation with the Director, Office of Export
Enforcement, exercises the authority granted to the Secretary by
Section 11(h) of the Act.
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Pursuant to Sections 766.25 and 750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the IEEPA,
the Director, Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny
that person permission to apply for or use any license, including any
License Exception, issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the
Regulations, and shall also determine whether to revoke any license
previously issued to such a person.
Having received notice of Sesin's conviction for violating the
IEEPA, and following consultations with the Director, Office of Export
Enforcement, I have decided to deny Sesin permission to apply for or
use any license, including any License Exception, issued pursuant to,
or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, for a period of eight
years from the date of his conviction. The eight-year period ends on
May 20, 2006. I have also decided to revoke all licenses issued
pursuant to the Act in which Sesin had an interest at the time of his
conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:
I. Until May 20, 2006, Jose Luis Sesin, 7764 SW 57 Terrace, Miami,
Florida 33143-1624, may not, directly or indirectly, participate in any
way, in any transaction involving any commodity, software or technology
(hereinafter collectively referred to as ``item'') exported or to be
exported from the United States, that is subject to the Regulations, or
in any other activity subject to the Regulations, including but not
limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using any license, License
Exception, or export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering, storing, disposing of,
forwarding, transporting, financing, or otherwise servicing in any way,
any transaction involving any item exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the Regulations, or in any other
activity subject to the Regulations; or
C. Benefiting in any way from any transaction involving any item
exported or to be exported from the United States that is subject to
the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations.
II. No person may, directly or indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export of reexport to or on behalf of the denied person any item
subject to the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted
acquisition by the denied person of the ownership, possession, or
control of any item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be
exported from the United States, including financing or other support
activities related to a transaction whereby the denied person acquires
or attempts to acquire such ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or to facilitate the acquisition
or attempted acquisition from the denied person of any item subject to
the Regulations that has been exported from the United States;
D. Obtain from the denied person in the United States any item
subject to the Regulations with knowledge or reason to know that the
item will be, or is intended to be, exported from the United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service any item subject to the
Regulations that has been or will be exported from the United States
and which is owned, possessed or controlled by the denied person, or
service any item, of whatever origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the denied person if such service involves the use of any
item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be exported from
the United States. For purposes of this paragraph, servicing means
installation, maintenance, repair, modification or testing.
III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in
Section 766.23 of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or
business organization related to Sesin by affiliation, ownership,
control, or position of responsibility in the conduct of trade or
related services may also be subject to the provisions of this Order.
IV. This Order does not prohibit any export, reexport, or other
transaction subject to the Regulations where the only items involved
that are subject to the Regulations are the foreign-produced direct
product of U.S.-origin technology.
V. This order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect
until May 20, 2006.
VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Sesin. This Order
shall be published in the Federal Register.
Dated: February 1, 1999.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 99-3274 Filed 2-9-99; 8:45 am]
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