Penalties for Violation of EAR
Violating the EAR may result in civil and criminal penalties. This page is by no means comprehensive. Consult EAR Part 764 for additional information on the reporting of sanctions and specific penalties.
Civil Penalties:
(1) Civil monetary penalty
(2) Denial of export privileges.
(3) Exclusion from practice.
Criminal Penalties:
(1) Fine of not more than five times the value of the exports or reexports involved or $50,000, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(2) Willful violations. Fine of not more than five times the value of the export or reexport involved or $1,000,000, whichever is greater; and, in the case of an individual, shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(ii) Any person who is issued a license under the EAA or the EAR for the export or reexport of any items to a controlled country and who, with knowledge that such export or reexport is being used by such controlled country for military or intelligence gathering purposes contrary to the conditions under which the license was issued, willfully fails to report such use to the Secretary of Defense, except in the case of an individual, shall be fined not more than five times the value of the exports or reexports involved or $1,000,000, whichever is greater; and in the case of an individual, shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than five years or both (EAR 764.3).
