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2 Dec 2021, 6:12 am
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had designated virtual currency exchange Chatex, and three companies that provided support to Chatex, for facilitating financial transactions for ransomware groups. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 1:57 pm
The latest measures include actions by the Office of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 5:31 am
******On September 26 the Fifth Circuit vacated in part an Order freezing the assets of Richard A Chichakli by the Office of Foreign Asset Control. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 2:48 pm
On February 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States released extensive new measures designed to impose additional sanctions on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 7:01 am
Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has already designated Wagner Group as a “Russian Ministry of Defense proxy force. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 10:07 am
These sanctions, which are enforced by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), ensure that Russian oligarchs do not enjoy U.S. resources, that U.S. products do not wind up in Russian military equipment, and that the U.S. financial system is not used to facilitate transactions that support the Russian war effort. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 3:37 pm
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions Wednesday targeting individuals that contribute to Hamas operations and financing. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 11:51 am
In many cases, ICOs have launched outside of the United States specifically to avoid scrutiny by federal and state regulators. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 1:27 pm
The International Assistance Team assists U.S. prosecutors in the restraint and forfeiture of assets located abroad, litigates in U.S. courts to assist foreign governments seeking restraint and forfeiture of assets in the United States, and authorizes certain actions to forfeit funds held in correspondent accounts. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 1:27 pm
The International Assistance Team assists U.S. prosecutors in the restraint and forfeiture of assets located abroad, litigates in U.S. courts to assist foreign governments seeking restraint and forfeiture of assets in the United States, and authorizes certain actions to forfeit funds held in correspondent accounts. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 12:39 pm
FIRRMA reforms the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process currently used to evaluate and address national security-related concerns related to foreign investment into the United States. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 5:43 pm
On November 2, 2018, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a final rule effective Monday, November 5, 2018 that amends the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations and reinstates sanctions on Iran that had been suspended during implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”). [read post]
20 Jan 2023, 5:16 am
Taken together, the amendments waived the foreign sovereign immunity of foreign states that had been designated as SSTs by the State Department—a designation that had previously been included in a number of statutes that limited designated states’ access to various forms of U.S. foreign assistance. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 11:41 am
Civil Enforcement The Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) and Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) have initiated civil enforcement actions—OFAC designation and administrative enforcement actions—for evasion of Russia-related sanctions and export evasion, including OFAC designation of individual and entities and BIS administrative penalties. [read post]
28 Jun 2017, 12:00 pm
To date, these are the only entities and individuals so designated under the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN) under the “CYBER” program of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 5:45 pm
On August 6, 2018, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released a new Executive Order to implement the previously announced re-imposition of U.S. sanctions for Iran. [read post]
9 May 2022, 9:01 pm
In addition, the link between corruption and sanctions enforcement could lead to new overlap and collaboration by various enforcement authorities who investigate and prosecute such crimes, including the State Department, Commerce Department, Treasury Department (primarily through the Office of Foreign Assets Control), and Justice Department. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 1:20 am
The effect of the designation is to freeze all assets of the bank in the United States now or in the future. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 6:14 pm
Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) entered into a settlement of $507,375 with BitPay, Inc. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 8:09 am
In addition, when the United States “has been attacked by a foreign country or foreign nationals,” the president can also “confiscate any property” subject to U.S. jurisdiction of any foreign person or country involved in the attack. [read post]
