In the Matter of: Mohammed Soroush Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad Soroush,a/k/a Mike Soroush, 18 Clinton Lane, Jericho, NY 11753; Order Denying Export Privileges, 76814-76815 [2013-30211]
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comply with the provisions of Part 756
of the Regulations.
VI. A copy of this Order shall be
delivered to the Bobel. This Order shall
be published in the Federal Register.
Issued this 13th day of December, 2013.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 2013–30208 Filed 12–18–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matter of: Mohammed Soroush
Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad Soroush,
a/k/a Mike Soroush, 18 Clinton Lane,
Jericho, NY 11753; Order Denying
Export Privileges
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On October 3, 2012, in the U.S.
District Court, Southern District of New
York Mohammed Soroush Mahalaty,
a/k/a Mohammad Soroush a/k/a Mike
Soroush (‘‘Mahalaty’’), was convicted of
violating the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701,
et seq. (2006 & Supp. IV 2010))
(‘‘IEEPA’’). Specifically, Mahalaty was
convicted of violating IEEPA by
unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly
exporting, selling, and supplying
financial services from the United States
to and in Iran, by among other things,
conducting financial transactions for the
purpose of, and which had the effect of,
violating, and which facilitated the
violation of, the prohibitions set forth in
the Executive Orders and the
Regulations issued under the IEEPA,
including the Iranian Transaction
Regulations set forth in 31 CFR part 560,
including specifically using the hawala
system to transfer money into Iran
which money Mahalaty believed was
intended for investment in Iran.
Mahalaty was sentenced to time served,
three years of supervised release, a $400
assessment, $5,000 fine and restitution
of $739,377.31.
Section 766.25 of the Export
Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or
‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, in pertinent
part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Exporter Services, in consultation with
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2013). The Regulations issued pursuant to the
Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401–
2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since August 21, 2001, the
EAA has been in lapse and the President, through
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR,
2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended
by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent
being that of August 8, 2013 (78 FR 49107 (August
12, 2013)), has continued the Regulations in effect
under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2006 & Supp.
IV 2010)).
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the Director of the Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of the Export
Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’), the EAR,
or any order, license or authorization
issued thereunder; any regulation,
license, or order issued under the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18
U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of
the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15
CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of
the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. § 2410(h). The
denial of export privileges under this
provision may be for a period of up to
10 years from the date of the conviction.
15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C.
app. § 2410(h). In addition, Section
750.8 of the Regulations states that the
Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office
of Exporter Services may revoke any
Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’)
licenses previously issued in which the
person had an interest in at the time of
his conviction.
I have received notice of Mahalaty’s
conviction for violating the IEEPA, and
have provided notice and an
opportunity for Mahalaty to make a
written submission to BIS, as provided
in Section 766.25 of the Regulations. I
have not received a submission from
Mahalaty.
Based upon my review and
consultations with BIS’s Office of
Export Enforcement, including its
Director, and the facts available to BIS,
I have decided to deny Mahalaty’s
export privileges under the Regulations
for a period of five years from the date
of Mahalaty’s conviction. I have also
decided to revoke all licenses issued
pursuant to the Act or Regulations in
which Mahalaty had an interest at the
time of his conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered
I. Until October 3, 2017, Mohammed
Soroush Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad
Soroush, a/k/a Mike Soroush, with a last
known address at: 18 Clinton Lane,
Jericho, NY 11753, and when acting for
or on behalf of Mahalaty, his
representatives, assigns, agents or
employees (the ‘‘Denied Person’’), 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, including, but not limited
to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, License Exception, or
export control document;
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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. Benefitting 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 or 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 other person,
firm, corporation, or business
organization related to Mahalaty 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 if
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necessary to prevent evasion of the
Order.
IV. This Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
until October 3, 2017.
V. In accordance with Part 756 of the
Regulations, Mahalaty may file an
appeal of this Order with the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and
Security. The appeal must be filed
within 45 days from the date of this
Order and must comply with the
provisions of Part 756 of the
Regulations.
VI. A copy of this Order shall be
delivered to the Mahalaty. This Order
shall be published in the Federal
Register.
Issued this 13th day of December 2013.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–997, C–580–873, C–583–852]
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
People’s Republic of China, the
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan:
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Countervailing
Duty Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Austin Redington at (202) 482–1664 or
Nancy Decker at (202) 482–0196, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On November 6, 2013, the Department
of Commerce (the Department) initiated
countervailing duty investigations on
non-oriented electrical steel (NOES)
from the People’s Republic of China, the
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan.1
Currently, the preliminary
determinations are due no later than
January 10, 2013.
1 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the
People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea,
and Taiwan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigations, 78 FR 68412 (November 14, 2013).
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Dated: December 13, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Postponement of Due Date for
Preliminary Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires the
Department to issue the preliminary
determination in a countervailing duty
investigation within 65 days after the
date on which the Department initiated
the investigation. However, if the
petitioner makes a timely request for a
postponement, section 703(c)(1)(A) of
the Act allows the Department to
postpone making the preliminary
determination until no later than 130
days after the date on which the
administering authority initiated the
investigation.
On November 26, 2013, AK Steel
Corporation, the petitioner in these
investigations, requested that the
deadline for the preliminary
determination in each of these cases be
postponed in accordance with 19 CFR
351.205(b)(2). Therefore, in accordance
with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, we
are fully postponing the due date for the
preliminary determinations to no later
than 130 days after the day on which
the investigations were initiated.
However, as that date falls on a Sunday
(i.e., March 16, 2014), the deadline for
completion of the preliminary
determinations is now March 17, 2014,
the next business day.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–856]
Steel Threaded Rod From India:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Alignment of
Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of steel
threaded rod from India. The period of
investigation (‘‘POI’’) is January 1, 2012,
through December 31, 2012. For
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information on the estimated subsidy
rates, see the ‘‘Suspension of
Liquidation’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: December 19,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brooke Kennedy, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–3818.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this
investigation is steel threaded rod. Steel
threaded rod is certain threaded rod,
bar, or studs, of carbon quality steel,
having a solid, circular cross section, of
any diameter, in any straight length, that
have been forged, turned, cold-drawn,
cold-rolled, machine straightened, or
otherwise cold-finished, and into which
threaded grooves have been applied. In
addition, the steel threaded rod, bar, or
studs subject to this investigation are
non-headed and threaded along greater
than 25 percent of their total length. A
variety of finishes or coatings, such as
plain oil finish as a temporary rust
protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized,
whether by electroplating or hotdipping), paint, and other similar
finishes and coatings, may be applied to
the merchandise. For a complete
description of the scope of the
investigation, see Appendix 1 to this
notice.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)
investigation in accordance with section
701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.1 The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(‘‘IA ACCESS’’). IA ACCESS is available
to registered users at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room 7046 of the main Department of
1 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Senior
Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in
the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Steel
Threaded Rod from India,’’ dated concurrently with
this notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matter of: Mohammed Soroush Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad
Soroush, a/k/a Mike Soroush, 18 Clinton Lane, Jericho, NY 11753; Order
Denying Export Privileges
On October 3, 2012, in the U.S. District Court, Southern District
of New York Mohammed Soroush Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad Soroush a/k/a
Mike Soroush (``Mahalaty''), was convicted of violating the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.
(2006 & Supp. IV 2010)) (``IEEPA''). Specifically, Mahalaty was
convicted of violating IEEPA by unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly
exporting, selling, and supplying financial services from the United
States to and in Iran, by among other things, conducting financial
transactions for the purpose of, and which had the effect of,
violating, and which facilitated the violation of, the prohibitions set
forth in the Executive Orders and the Regulations issued under the
IEEPA, including the Iranian Transaction Regulations set forth in 31
CFR part 560, including specifically using the hawala system to
transfer money into Iran which money Mahalaty believed was intended for
investment in Iran. Mahalaty was sentenced to time served, three years
of supervised release, a $400 assessment, $5,000 fine and restitution
of $739,377.31.
Section 766.25 of the Export Administration Regulations (``EAR'' or
``Regulations'') \1\ provides, in pertinent part, that ``[t]he Director
of the Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the Director
of the Office of Export Enforcement, may deny the export privileges of
any person who has been convicted of a violation of the Export
Administration Act (``EAA''), the EAR, or any order, license or
authorization issued thereunder; any regulation, license, or order
issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706); 18 U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of the Internal
Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).'' 15 CFR 766.25(a); see also
Section 11(h) of the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. Sec. 2410(h). The denial of
export privileges under this provision may be for a period of up to 10
years from the date of the conviction. 15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50
U.S.C. app. Sec. 2410(h). In addition, Section 750.8 of the
Regulations states that the Bureau of Industry and Security's Office of
Exporter Services may revoke any Bureau of Industry and Security
(``BIS'') licenses previously issued in which the person had an
interest in at the time of his conviction.
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\1\ The Regulations are currently codified in the Code of
Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730-774 (2013). The Regulations
issued pursuant to the Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app.
Sec. Sec. 2401-2420 (2000)) (``EAA''). Since August 21, 2001, the
EAA has been in lapse and the President, through Executive Order
13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has
been extended by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent
being that of August 8, 2013 (78 FR 49107 (August 12, 2013)), has
continued the Regulations in effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2006 & Supp.
IV 2010)).
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I have received notice of Mahalaty's conviction for violating the
IEEPA, and have provided notice and an opportunity for Mahalaty to make
a written submission to BIS, as provided in Section 766.25 of the
Regulations. I have not received a submission from Mahalaty.
Based upon my review and consultations with BIS's Office of Export
Enforcement, including its Director, and the facts available to BIS, I
have decided to deny Mahalaty's export privileges under the Regulations
for a period of five years from the date of Mahalaty's conviction. I
have also decided to revoke all licenses issued pursuant to the Act or
Regulations in which Mahalaty had an interest at the time of his
conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered
I. Until October 3, 2017, Mohammed Soroush Mahalaty, a/k/a Mohammad
Soroush, a/k/a Mike Soroush, with a last known address at: 18 Clinton
Lane, Jericho, NY 11753, and when acting for or on behalf of Mahalaty,
his representatives, assigns, agents or employees (the ``Denied
Person''), 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,
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. Benefitting 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 or 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 other person, firm, corporation,
or business organization related to Mahalaty 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 if
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necessary to prevent evasion of the Order.
IV. This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect
until October 3, 2017.
V. In accordance with Part 756 of the Regulations, Mahalaty may
file an appeal of this Order with the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The appeal must be filed within 45 days from the
date of this Order and must comply with the provisions of Part 756 of
the Regulations.
VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to the Mahalaty. This
Order shall be published in the Federal Register.
Issued this 13th day of December 2013.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services.
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