The Court of International Trade remanded for further redetermination the final results of the International Trade Administration’s 2007-08 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea (A-580-816). In this consolidated action, four plaintiffs, Korean exporters Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., and Hyundai HYSCO, as well as U.S. Steel, a member of the U.S. domestic industry, challenged the ITA’s final results. Additionally, the ITA requested a voluntary remand with respect to four claims.

Paul Cosgrove, the former head of worldwide sales at Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based valve company Control Components Inc. pleaded guilty May 29 to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), said the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. The plea was in U.S. District Court, Santa Ana, Calif., to a one-count superseding information charging him with making a corrupt payment to a foreign government official in China in violation of the FCPA. According to court documents, CCI designed and manufactured service control valves for use in the nuclear, oil and gas, and power generation industries worldwide. Cosgrove, 65, faces up to 15 months in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 27, 2012.

Ericsson de Panama S.A. of Panama City, Panama, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.753 million to settle 262 violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), said the Bureau of Industry and Security. According to BIS, Ericsson de Panama knowingly implemented a scheme between 2004 and 2007 to route items from Cuba through Panama, repackaged the items to conceal their Cuban markings, forwarded the items to the U.S. for repair and replacement and then returned the items to Cuba. Classified under Export Control Classification Numbers 5A002, 4A994, 5A991, 5B991 or designated EAR99, the items’ distribution to Cuba were controlled for national security, antiterrorism, encryption, and sanctions reasons.

A National Guard special forces staff sergeant and two Chinese nationals were arrested and charged for their part in a multi-national firearms trafficking ring, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

A U.S. District Court-Miami jury convicted a Miami-based ship surveyor for lying to the Coast Guard and for falsely certifying the safety of ships at sea, in a decision May 24. Alejandro Gonzalez, 60, was convicted of three counts of making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and one count of obstruction of an agency proceeding. He faces a maximum of five years in prison on each count.

Twenty-four individuals were charged Wednesday as part of an international car theft ring responsible for the exportation of stolen vehicles to various West African countries, reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to ICE, the investigation resulted in the recovery of more than 200 vehicles with an estimated retail value of $6 million.

The Court of International Trade granted the U.S. government’s renewed motion for default judgment against Country Flavor Corp. of $617,562.00 as a civil penalty for negligence, as well as $28,984.75 for lost revenue, for unpaid antidumping duties on 13 entries negligently misidentified by Country Flavor, that were later found to be subject to the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). CIT’s ruling followed its denial of the government’s motion for default judgment in March 2012 due to discrepancies and omissions in the Government’s submissions. While CIT granted the government’s renewed motion because it submitted additional evidence to support and correct its contentions, it excoriated the government for its errors, and said such errors undermine the credibility of the involved individuals as well as CIT’s general ability to rely on government representations.

Chinese national Qiang Hu, a/k/a Johnson Hu, 47, was charged in a complaint with conspiracy to violate the Export Administration Regulations and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. Hu was arrested May 22 in North Andover. The complaint alleges that Hu's employment at MKS Instruments Shanghai gave him access to MKS manufactured parts, including export-controlled pressure-measuring sensors (manometer types 622B, 623B, 626A, 626B, 627B, 722A, and 722B), which are commonly known as pressure transducers. Pressure transducers are export controlled because they are used in gas centrifuges to enrich uranium and produce weapons-grade uranium, the Justice Department said.

An upstate New York man was sentenced May 16 to three years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $13,377 for importing counterfeit Viagra and Cialis tablets into the U.S., said Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to court documents, between January and June 2011, Curtis Henry, 53, of Rochester, ordered more than 700 counterfeit Viagra and Cialis tablets from a source in China. After receiving the counterfeit pharmaceutical tablets, Henry sold them in Rochester. This investigation was done by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The International Trade Administration’s determination not to apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Plaintiff Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (TMI) in the final results of its 2008-09 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from China (A-570-832), despite knowledge that TMI had submitted falsified documentation to the ITA, was remanded to the ITA by the Court of International Trade for further proceedings. CIT agreed with Defendant-Intervenor U.S. Magnesium’s arguments, and said the ITA’s final results did not provide an adequate basis for its decision.