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A North Carolina man and a former staff sergeant with U.S. Special Forces, National Guard Unit, pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the Arms Export Control Act.

Andro Telemi of Sun Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty July 26 to one count of attempting to export defense articles from the U.S. to Iran without a license or approval from the U.S. Department of State, which is in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.

Geoffrey B. Roose was sentenced Friday to 10 months in federal prison for attempting to sell export restricted military-grade equipment to overseas buyers in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Roose pleaded guilty in March following his February federal indictment,which stemmed from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.

Two men accused of creating a global network of shell companies to deceive U.S. companies into supplying nuclear-related materials to Iran were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia following an international investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Hamilton Sundstrand Corporations also agree to pay more than $75 million to U.S. government after HSI-led investigation

According to the Seattle Export Assistance Center, Washington businesses are finding that emerging markets around the world offer some of the best opportunities for making new sales and are adjusting their export strategies accordingly.

Richard Phillips, 54, was sentenced to 92 months imprisonment for attempting to export carbon fiber to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Two local men living in Mexico were sentenced to years in federal prison Tuesday for exporting about 3,000 rounds of ammunition to Mexico without a license. The investigation of Guillermo Enrique Villarreal and Leoncio Sanchez was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The defendants each face up to 20 years imprisonment if convicted.

Five Laredo residents pleaded guilty Tuesday to falsifying assault rifle purchases, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

A Mexican couple, Abraham Garcia-Perguero and Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Olivio, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing 27,000 rounds of ammunition. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Laredo Police Department (LPD).

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) early Monday arrested the former owner of the largest supplier of law enforcement gear, supplies and ammunition in the Southwest.

A Miami businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the illegal receipt, purchase and sale of ozone-depleting refrigerant gas that had been smuggled into the US, following an investigation by ICE's HSI, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Criminal Investigation Division and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

ICE today announced the opening of a multi-agency center established to coordinate and enhance federal export enforcement efforts, the Export Enforcement Coordination Center, or E2C2.

A federal magistrate on Monday ordered that British businessman Christopher Tappin, facing charges in connection with a scheme to illegally export parts used in Hawk surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, remain detained pending trial.

A retired Marine Corps staff sergeant, who until recently worked in the Marine Aviation Supply Office at Edwards Air Force Base, was arrested by federal agents Monday morning following an undercover probe that allegedly revealed he lied to the government as part of a scheme to sell sensitive military equipment to buyers around the globe.

An Australian man and his company have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiring to export sensitive military and other technology from the United States to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones, torpedoes and helicopters.

Neil Felahy, the operations manager for California-based MVP Micro was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday for conspiring to sell counterfeit integrated circuits to the U.S. military, defense contractors and others. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Counter-Proliferation Investigations Program, housed within the agency's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), safeguards national security by preventing sensitive U.S. technologies and weapons from reaching the hands of adversaries.

A former agent for Innospec Inc. was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United Nations Oil for Food Program (OFFP) and for bribing former Iraqi government officials in connection with the sale of a chemical additive used in the refining of leaded fuel.

Andrew Silcox pleaded guilty on Thursday for illegally exporting military components. He admitted that he was selling Naval Radar Control Unit parts without a required State Department license to export, thinking he was dealing with a broker for a buyer in the United Arab Emirates. He was really dealing with an undercover ICE HSI agent.

Geoffrey B. Roose was arrested Tuesday by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents for allegedly attempting to sell military-grade rifle scopes overseas in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Roose came to the attention of ICE HSI after he listed several restricted, military-grade rifle scopes for sale on eBay.

Fu-Tain Lu, a onetime Cupertino, Calif. exporter, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to selling sensitive microwave amplifiers to the People's Republic of China without a license.

Five individuals and four of their companies have been indicted as part of a conspiracy to defraud the United States that allegedly caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be illegally exported from the United States to Iran. At least 16 of those items were later found in unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.