Lam Research Singapore Settles Charges of Unlicensed Reexports

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that Lam Research Singapore Pte. Ltd. (LRS), Singapore, has agreed to pay a $40,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it knowingly reexported U.S.-origin pressure transducers to Malaysia in violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) charged that, on four occasions during November and December of 2000, LRS reexported U.S.-origin pressure transducers from Singapore to Malaysia without the required Department of Commerce licenses. Pressure transducers are controlled under the EAR for nuclear nonproliferation reasons. In addition, BIS charged that LRS reexported the pressure transducers with knowledge that violations of the EAR would occur. LRS voluntarily self-disclosed the violations and cooperated fully with BIS in the investigation.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Wendy L. Wysong commended BIS’s San Jose Field Office for its efforts in this investigation.