Sun Microsystems in violation of U.S. export laws
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Accused of violating U.S. export controls, Sun Microsystems Inc. is trying to negotiate a settlement with a U.S. government agency, it reported Wednesday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Sun is in talks with the Office of Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), it said.
The bureau wrote to Sun in February 2002, charging that sales in Egypt in 1998 and to a reseller in Hong Kong in 1997 for subsequent resale to China violated U.S. export control regulations. It wrote to Sun again in April this year, documenting 19 additional charges, the company said in its Form 10-Q filing.