On August 16, 2023 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published orders denying export privileges to the following four individuals:
On January 12, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Emilie Voissem was convicted of conspiracy to violate IEEPA, exporting and attempting to export, and smuggling four (4) rEvo III rebreathers from the United States to Libya without the required license or written approval. As a result of her conviction, the Court sentenced her to five months in prison, three years of supervised release and a $300 special assessment
On November 12, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Bradley Jon Matheny was convicted of smuggling from the United States to Arad, Israel, .117 caliber hunting pellets and smuggling from the United States to Sderot, Israel and Scottsville, South Africa, a Winchester 42-piece firearm brush cleaning kit. As a result of his conviction, the Court sentenced Matheny to 36 months of confinement, three years of supervised release, $1000 assessment, $10,000 criminal fine and $256,441.78 in restitution. Matheny was found guilty of seven counts of postage meter stamp forgery and counterfeiting in addition to the three counts of export violations.
On August 4, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Vladimir Volgaev was convicted of smuggling and attempting to smuggle firearm parts from the United States to Ukraine without having obtained a license or other approval from the U.S. Department of State. As a result of his conviction, the Court sentenced Volgaev to 33 months of confinement, one year of supervised release, $200 assessment and $6,835 in restitution.
On December 3, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, was convicted of conspiring to straw purchase several handguns on behalf of co- defendant Ola Sayed, who allegedly tried to smuggle the firearms into Egypt, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. As a result of his conviction, the Court sentenced Ismail to 18 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and an assessement of $200.
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