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Justice department rewards self-reporting in national security case

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USRA spared prosecution after self-reporting employee’s illegal export of sensitive US aviation software to Chinese military-linked university.

In a rare move with potentially wide-reaching implications for corporate compliance in national security matters, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally declined to prosecute the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a nonprofit aerospace contractor, despite its entanglement in a criminal export control violation.

The case centers around a

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