OFAC sanctioned a number of financial services firms for facilitating transactions or offering other services that helped OFAC-designated entities evade Ukraine war sanctions.
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OFAC sanctioned a Chinese company for cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate within U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.
An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.
The Treasury Department issued the 2024 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment and the 2024 National Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment. The assessments are intended to assist both public and private sectors in understanding the current illicit finance environment and developing appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
OFAC sanctioned six officials in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for a series of cyber attacks against infrastructure in the United States and other countries.