The Department of Justice reports that a former employee in the procurement department of a Venezuelan state-owned company has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and for his role in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions imposed on that company.
According to a DOJ press release, between January 2019 and December 2021, after learning of the sanctions imposed on the company, the man and his co-conspirators devised a scheme to illegally procure aircraft parts from the U.S. to service the company’s aircraft fleet in Venezuela. They concealed the destination and end-user of the parts from U.S. companies by causing third parties in other countries, including Costa Rica and Spain, to (1) lie to U.S. parts suppliers, (2) make false declarations on customs forms and shipping documents, (3) fabricate supplier invoices, and (4) provide false end-user certificates. U.S. freight forwarders and shipping companies were utilized to move the parts.
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