Blackwater agrees to $7.5 M

Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina said the company, now called Academi LLC, agreed to pay the fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to settle 17 violations. The list of violations includes possessing automatic weapons in the United States without registration, lying to federal firearms regulators about weapons provided abroad and repeatedly flouting U.S. laws. “Compliance with these laws is critical to the proper conduct of our defense efforts and to international diplomatic relations,â€‌ said Thomas G. Walker, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. “This prosecution is an important step to ensuring that our corporate citizens comply with these rules in every circumstance.â€‌