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Date: 07-22-2020
Case Style:
United States of America v. Usama Darwich Hamade
Case Number: 0:15-cr-00237-JRT-BRT
Judge: John R. Tunheim
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Description:
Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Usama Darwich Hamade with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the Export Administration Regulations, the Arms Export Control Act, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed in court, from 2009 through 2011, Hamade conspired with others to export U.S. origin goods and technology including inertial measurement units suitable for use in uncrewed aerial vehicles, or “UAVs,” digital compasses suitable for UAV use, a jet engine, piston engines, and recording binoculars, without obtaining the required export licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of State, in violation of IEEPA, the Export Administration Regulations, the Arms Export Control Act, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. According to evidence presented by the government, the ultimate beneficiary of Hamade’s actions was the designated foreign terrorist organization Hizballah.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Export Enforcement, and Homeland Security Investigations.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Docherty and David MacLaughlin and Trial Attorney David Recker of the National Security Division.
18:371 CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS AND TO VIOLATE THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS
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18:371 CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, AND TO VIOLATE THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS
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18:371 CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, AND TO VIOLATE THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS
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18:371 CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT AND THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS, AND TO VIOLATE THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 42 months in prison.
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