Rotair Industries Incorporated

Military items manufactured by the company had been shipped to Iran

Status:Risk Alert – Entity in a problematic sector - Sector controlled by the Top Alert entities

Risk Level:unknown %

Info:
Pleaded guilty in May 2004 to two counts of exporting defense articles and munitions items without the necessary licenses and approvals;

Sentenced in July 2004 to a $500,000 fine and five years of probation, and required to institute an export compliance program;

The charges stemmed from two separate undercover investigations that began after U.S. agents working on another matter discovered items manufactured by the company had been shipped to Iran, a prohibited country;

Both undercover investigations revealed that Rotair shipped military items out of the country;

The U.S. State Department had notified Rotair prior to the investigations that it needed to be registered with the State Department and apply for a license before shipping munitions from the United States;

A supplier of helicopter replacement parts;

Wesley Harrington, a Rotair employee and son of Herbert Harrington, pleaded guilty in May 2004 to attempting to impede federal agents in the process of executing a search warrant at Rotair and was sentenced in July 2004 to one year of probation and a $10,000 fine

Also Known As:
Rotair Industries, Inc.;
Rotair

Country:
United States

Address:
964 Crescent Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06607

Phone:
203-576-6545

Website:
www.rotair.com

E-Mail:
sales@Rotair.com

Person of interests:
Wesley Harrington

Reason for the color:
» The charges stemmed from two separate undercover investigations that began after U.S. agents working on another matter discovered items manufactured by the company had been shipped to Iran, a prohibited country;