The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a civil penalty of $151,875 against Quantum Corporation, a data storage, management, and protection company to resolve 45 alleged violations of the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Between July 2018 and December 2019, Quantum received 45 requests from its customer, a distributor located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to refrain from importing goods of Israeli origin into the UAE in fulfillment of purchase orders from that customer. Quantum failed to report to BIS the receipt of these requests.
Quantum voluntarily self-disclosed the conduct to BIS, cooperated with the investigation by BIS’s Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC), and implemented remedial measures after discovering the conduct at issue, all of which resulted in a significant reduction in penalty.
As part of the settlement with BIS, Quantum admitted to the conduct set forth in the Proposed Charging Letter, which alleged 45 violations of Section 760.5 of the EAR (Failing to Report the Receipt of a Request to Engage in a Restrictive Trade Practice or Foreign Boycott Against a Country Friendly to the United States).
The order, settlement agreement, and proposed charging letter are available here.
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