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    Dr. Roth Begins Four-Year Sentence Former University of Tennessee professor Dr. John Reece Roth has begun his four-year sentence term stemming from a conviction after a jury trial for conspiracy, wire fraud and 15 counts of exporting defense articles and services without a license. Basically he was found guilty of illegally exporting military research data. The high-profile case has received enormous and ongoing press and a great deal of attention in and across the academic community as well as research and development facilities across the country. As a direct result of the Roth case and increased USG government outreach, education and training, colleges, universities and other academic institutions are placing a great deal more emphasis and focus on deemed exports, export controls and regulatory compliance. The Dr. Roth case quickly became “the example” to drive home the importance of compliance and technology protection to the academic community. It also sent a very lasting and meaningful signal on what happens with non-compliance. Dr. Roth took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, but they elected not to hear it. Thus he exhausted all his options to avoid going to prison. One positive outcome has been the creation of the Association of University Export Control Officers. More about this close net group on their website at http://aueco.org/.

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    Dr. Roth Begins Four-Year Sentence

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    Dr. Roth Begins Four-Year Sentence Former University of Tennessee professor Dr. John Reece Roth has begun his four-year sentence term stemming from a conviction after a jury trial for conspiracy, wire fraud and 15 counts of exporting defense articles and services without a license. Basically he was found guilty of illegally exporting military research data. The high-profile case has received enormous and ongoing press and a great deal of attention in and across the academic community as well as research and development facilities across the country. As a direct result of the Roth case and increased USG government outreach, education and training, colleges, universities and other academic institutions are placing a great deal more emphasis and focus on deemed exports, export controls and regulatory compliance. The Dr. Roth case quickly became “the example” to drive home the importance of compliance and technology protection to the academic community. It also sent a very lasting and meaningful signal on what happens with non-compliance. Dr. Roth took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, but they elected not to hear it. Thus he exhausted all his options to avoid going to prison. One positive outcome has been the creation of the Association of University Export Control Officers. More about this close net group on their website at http://aueco.org/.

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    Department of Justice

    United States Attorney William C. Killian Eastern District of Tennessee


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 1, 2012 www.usdoj.gov/usao/tne Contact: SHARRY DEDMAN-BEARD Public Information Officer 865-545-4167

    FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PROFESSOR JOHN REECE ROTH BEGINS SERVING FOUR-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON CONVICTIONS OF ILLEGALLY EXPORTING MILITARY RESEARCH DATA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On January 18, 2012, John Reece Roth, a former professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, began serving a four-year prison sentence for his September 2008 convictions. Roth had been on bond pending his appeals, all of which were unsuccessful. He self-surrendered to the federal correctional facility in Ashland, Ky. Roth was convicted after a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, of conspiracy, wire fraud, and 15 counts of exporting defense articles and services without a license. As a UT professor, Roth obtained an U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to develop plasma actuators to control the flight of small, subsonic, unmanned, military drone aircraft. During the course of that contract he allowed two foreign national students to access export controlled data and equipment, and export some of the data from the contract on a trip to China. The Arms Export Control Act prohibits the export of defenserelated materials, including the technical data, to a foreign national or a foreign nation. This case was a first-of-its-kind prosecution of a university professor for the transfer of controlled defense technology to foreign national graduate students. The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation and was joined in its efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USAF Office of Special Investigations, and Department of Commerce Office of Export Enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeffrey Theodore and Will Mackie represented the United States. U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said, "This sentence communicates the importance of export compliance to academia and industry, especially in the research and development communities. It underscores the criminal consequences of non-compliance and what happens to those who knowingly and willfully violate export control laws. These federal agencies and the Assistant U.S. Attorneys are to be commended for their dedication and diligence that resulted in this sentence." ###

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