State and Treasury departments, court filings said. The company sold satellite phones in Sudan in 2005 and proposed to provide security services there in 2006 without approval from the U.S. government, meets audit requirements and complies with export controls.Īcademi’s violations were wide-ranging, prosecutors said.
District Court in New Bern, North Carolina.īut the Justice Department agreed to defer the prosecution so long as the company pays the fine to the U.S. Justice Department accused the company of 17 criminal counts in connection with selling arms and owning illegal weapons, according to the documents that were unsealed in U.S. It said in a statement on Tuesday that it wants to resolve past issues and move on.
government employees abroad, the company drew harsh international scrutiny for shootings and other conduct in Iraq.
The deal includes an acknowledgement of the conduct by the company, now under new ownership and known as Academi LLC. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide agreed to pay a fine of $5 million to $7.5 million for trying to operate in Sudan in violation of trade sanctions and for other arms-trade breaches, according to documents unsealed on Tuesday.
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