Miami Company Illegally Exported Gun Scopes, BIS Says

A Miami-based company violated U.S. export regulations when it illegally shipped red dot scopes to Austria and Switzerland, the Bureau of Industry and Security said in Feb. 2 order. The company, Dotphins, entered into a settlement agreement with BIS that will require it to complete compliance training.

BIS said Dotphins committed two violations of the Export Administration Regulations when it shipped the scopes in 2016 without the required export licenses. The scopes, worth about $200, were classified under Export Control Classification Number 0A987.c and controlled on crime control grounds. The company shipped the scopes to Austria in March 2016, but the U.S. government stopped the second shipment, a December 2016 export destined to Switzerland, before it left the country.

Under the settlement agreement, BIS will waive a two-year denial of Dotphins’ export privileges -- and the company will instead be subject to a two-year probation -- as long as it doesn’t commit another export violation and completes export compliance training. The training, which must be completed within one year, will require the company to attend an “export compliance training course or program” and submit a program certification to BIS. If Dotphins violates the settlement agreement, BIS may bar the company from participating in or benefiting from any export transaction involving items controlled under the EAR.