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U.S. authorities announced that Fokker Services, a subsidiary of the Dutch aerospace company Fokker Technologies Holding BV, will forfeit $21 million for selling U.S.-made goods to Burma, Iran, and Sudan in violation of U.S. sanctions. The company provided aircraft parts, technology, and services to these countries over a five year period. In one instance, Fokker Services falsified a work order for an aircraft part by representing that it belonged to a Portuguese airline, when the part actually belonged to Iran Air. Fokker Services voluntarily disclosed its trade violations to U.S. prosecutors in 2010; the $21 million forfeiture represents the value of transactions in the company's disclosure. Fokker Services may have been prompted to admit its violations in the wake of another case, involving the Dutch firm Aviation Services International, its owner, Robert Kraaipoel, and his son. In 2009, the Kraaipoels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to export aircraft parts to Iran. They cooperated with U.S. investigators, who may have learned about the Kraaipoels' business dealings with Fokker Services.
