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Defendant Allegedly Conspired to Illegally Export U.S. Goods and Technology without Required Licenses.

On January 14, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a dual-Iranian citizen for allegedly trying to send goods and technology to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). Kambiz Attar Kashani, age 44, allegedly “orchestrated an elaborate scheme to evade U.S. export laws and use the U.S. financial system in procuring U.S. electronic equipment and technology for the CBI,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.

The FINANCIAL — According to court documents, Xiang conspired to steal a trade secret from Monsanto, an international company based in St. Louis, for the purpose of benefitting a foreign government, namely the People’s Republic of China. “Despite Xiang’s agreements to protect Monsanto’s intellectual property and repeated training on his obligations to do so, Xiang has now admitted that he stole a trade secret from Monsanto, transferred it to a memory card and attempted to take it to the People’s Republic of China for the benefit of Chinese government,” said Assistant Attorney Gen...

Nearly two dozen leaders of some of the country’s largest retailers pressed congressional leaders today to put the INFORM Consumers Act up for a vote in their respective chambers.

The department has recorded 121 new registrants this year, which is the second largest number, down from the peak in 2019.