Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
On April 10, the Trump administration announced, through an executive order (EO), a new initiative to reform the defense sales system, with the goal of improving the speed and accountability of the system....more
In October 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with Raytheon Company, a division of multinational defense contractor RTX, over defective pricing and...more
What happens when a major defense contractor faces scrutiny for ethics and compliance violations? In this episode of Corruption, Crime, and Compliance, Michael Volkov dives into the high-stakes world of corporate...more
Raytheon Company (Raytheon) — a subsidiary of defense contractor, RTX (formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) — agreed to pay over $950 million to resolve the Justice Department’s investigations into: (i) a...more
In a significant enforcement action, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has charged Oregon-based Precision Castparts Corp. (“PCC”) with multiple violations of the Arms Export Control...more
On July 9, 2024, District Judge David Hale in Kentucky denied motions to dismiss and motions to suppress filed by four defendants against a criminal case involving ITAR charges for illegal exports of sensitive,...more
On July 19, 2023, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chair of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bill to ease trade restrictions among parties to the AUKUS agreement—a trilateral security...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on May 16 announced criminal charges and arrests that highlight risks for companies from U.S. and non-U.S. networks and individuals that seek to unlawfully divert U.S. goods, services,...more
On December 5, 2022, the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued new Compliance Program Guidelines, “intended to provide an overview of an effective compliance program and an introduction to...more
Earlier this month, it was announced that Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) had entered into a $13 million administrative settlement with the U.S. government to resolve allegations of export control violations related...more
On November 18, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Chinese national and naturalized citizen of the United States was sentenced to 38 months in prison for travelling to China with unclassified...more
Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more
The Justice Department has brought only a few enforcement actions that focus on FCPA and export control violations. Last year, Quad Graphics earned a declination for FCPA and OFAC violations. In 2013, Weatherford settled...more
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requires companies to appoint Empowered Officials. See 22 CFR § 120.25. Failure to take this requirement seriously can be costly – as one company recently found out. ...more
You are the chief legal officer of a U.S. company. Your CEO walks into your office and announces that your company is about to conclude its first international sale. In addition, the company has just appointed distributors in...more
Although it appears that the U.S. and Iran are moving closer to a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program, Iran’s allies appear to remain committed to acquiring military-grade technology from U.S. companies by way of engineers...more
The bill, if passed, would impose severe sanctions on “foreign persons” that make significant investments in Russian crude oil projects....more
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to restrict exports to Venezuela of certain items intended for “a military end use or end user.” ...more