Opinion ID: 162841
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: United States Citizens Aiding Foreign Corporations

Text: 31 Although Mr. Soussi recognizes the Executive Order prohibits any transaction by a United States person that `evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding,' the export ban, Mr. Soussi believes the Order does not clearly prohibit participation by a United States person in a transaction in which a foreign company exports United States goods to Libya. (Emphasis in original.) 32 We conclude the Executive Order and related regulations clearly prohibited Mr. Soussi's conduct. They are not unconstitutionally vague. We again stress Mr. Soussi was not charged with, or convicted of, exporting trailers to Libya. He was convicted of engaging in transactions which had the purpose of evading or avoiding the export ban. The Executive Order and regulations specifically prohibited transactions designed to evade or avoid the Libyan export ban. Exec. Order No. 12543, 3 C.F.R. 181 (1986); 31 C.F.R. § 550.208 (1991). Mr. Soussi engaged in transactions designed to evade the export ban by making it look as though a foreign company was the exporter, when in fact, a United States citizen and his domestic company were the driving forces behind the transactions. This conduct was clearly prohibited by the Executive Order and related regulations. 33