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> Under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. §§ 4801-4852) (ECRA), criminal penalties can include up to 20 years of imprisonment and up to $1 millio
by zerohp 4y ago
> Under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. §§ 4801-4852) (ECRA), criminal penalties can include up to 20 years of imprisonment and up to $1 million in fines per violation, or both.
I work in CPU design and I wouldn't risk it.
- sigmoid10 4y agoI'll eat a hat if any major league manager in the US who could decide this ever goes to prison. To be clear, I'd celebrate it, but the mortgage crisis showed that laws and punishment hardly work on top level execs.
- zerohp 4y agoExactly. It would get pinned on some poor engineer just like the Volkswagen diesel stuff. That’s why an individual contributor should not take part in it. It’s better to get a different job.
- slavik81 4y agoOliver Schmidt had an engineering degree, but he was a Volkswagen AG executive and was the manager of the Volkswagen emissions office in Michigan.
- voxadam 4y agoApril 28, 2022 - Businessman Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment for ITAR Brokering Violations[0] This is just the first of many ITAR violation stories that I found when doing a quick search. ITAR violations are regularly enforced. [0] https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/businessman-sentenced-to-one-year-5805161/ https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/businessman-sentenced-to-o...
- sigmoid10 4y agoNotice that it was just the broker who got sentenced here. He facilitated the trade, but he's certainly not the guy who made the decisions. Same as with the Diesel scandal: VW blamed it all on some middle-management engineer who was supposedly "acting alone." Poor schmuck got seven years in the US and when he was released he got deported to Germany and locked up for another year. I'll even double down right now and say that despite the investigation going against the former VW CEO, he'll never spend a day in prison. The same would hold with NVIDIA or any other major corp.
- ajdegol 4y agoITAR is a bit different.
- rkangel 4y agoITAR (i.e. National Security) is legally taken much more seriously than financial stuff.
- packetlost 4y agoYou do. not. FUCK. with. ITAR. The penalties are very steep. When you get caught, intentional violations can have jail time attached for the responsible parties (ie. intentional data breaches would fall on the CISO or closest equivalent). If there is one thing the US government takes very seriously, it's military and defense. They have, and will, fine a company that doesn't get it's shit together into the ground.
- BowBun 4y agoAccording to the linked reply, you owe us eating your hat. We'll wait for video, thanks.
- foxyv 4y agohttps://www.instructables.com/edible-party-hat/ https://www.instructables.com/edible-party-hat/