The exquisitely-monikered and equally notorious Monsieur Jacques Monsieur (or Mister Mister as he is affectionately known here)(pictured on the left) was nabbed last Friday when he arrived in New York and then sent to Mobile, Alabama, to face charges that…
Thermon Manufacturing, based in San Marcos, Texas, agreed to pay $14,613.24 (and not one penny more or less) in civil penalties to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in connection with three exports by the company to Sudan in…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) posted yesterday the details of its settlement with Eastways Shipping, a small New-York based freight forwarder. Under the settlement agreement Eastways agreed to pay $70,000 to settle charges that it handled three export…
ANZ Bank, Australia’s third largest bank, recently agreed to pay to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) a fine of $5.75 million to settle allegations that the bank had engaged in transactions in Sudan and Cuba in violation of…
Last week a federal district court in Ohio ruled that OFAC violated the Fourth Amendment rights of KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, Inc. when it blocked the charity’s assets after a provisional finding that the charity was providing material support…