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U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Export Administration



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 13, 1997
BXA - 97 - 17

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NEW JERSEY COMPANY SENTENCED FOR EXPORT CONTROL VIOLATIONS

Washington, DC -- United States District Court Judge William Walls of the District of New Jersey has fined Digital Creations Corporation of Closter, New Jersey to a criminal penalty of $800,000 for violating the Export Administration Act and Regulations, Frank Deliberti, the Commerce Department's Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement announced.

In December 1994, Digital Creations Corporation pleaded guilty to charges that it illegally exported a DEC computer to the People's Republic of China without first having obtained the required export license from the Department of Commerce. The case was investigated by Commerce's Office of Export Enforcement New York field office.

The Department of Commerce controls and licenses the export and re-export of dual-use commodities and technical data. Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration maintains and enforces these controls for reasons of national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation and short supply.