Notice2023-18750
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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Published
August 30, 2023
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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60011-60012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18750]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions
with them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (<a href="http://www.treasury.gov/ofac">www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On August 24, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.
Individuals
1. NYAMVUMBA, Andrew (a.k.a. NYAMVUMBA, Andre), Kibagabaga Plot
9917, Nyarutarama, Kigali, Rwanda; DOB 01 Jan 1973; POB Kigali,
Rwanda; alt. POB
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Kampala, Uganda; nationality Rwanda; citizen Rwanda; Gender Male;
Passport RW01472 (Rwanda) (individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity, including any armed group, that
has, or whose members have been responsible for or complicit in, or
have engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that
threaten the peace, security or stability of the DRC.
2. PROTOGENE, Ruvugayimikore (a.k.a. MIDENDE, Zorro; a.k.a.
RUHINDA, Gaby), Nyiragongo, North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic
of the; DOB 1970; alt. DOB 1968 to 1969; POB Karandaryi Cell,
Mwiyanike Sector, Karago Commune, Gisenyi Prefecture, Rwanda; alt.
POB Nyabihu District, Western Province, Rwanda; nationality Rwanda;
Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO] (Linked To: FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES
DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413, as amended by E.O.
13671.
3. BYAMUNGU, Bernard (a.k.a. MHESHE, Bernard Byamungu), Congo,
Democratic Republic of the; DOB 10 Oct 1974; POB Ziralo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo; nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of
the; Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO] (Linked To: M23).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413, as amended by E.O.
13671.
4. TOKOLONGA, Salomon (a.k.a. BENDET, Salomon Tokolonga), Congo,
Democratic Republic of the; DOB 17 Apr 1972; POB Kishandja,
Democratic Republic of the Congo; nationality Congo, Democratic
Republic of the; Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity, including any armed group, that
has, or whose members have been responsible for or complicit in, or
have engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that
threaten the peace, security or stability of the DRC.
5. HAKIZIMANA, Apollinaire (a.k.a. LEPIC, Amikwe; a.k.a.
``POETE''), Rutshuru, North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the;
DOB 1964; POB Rugogwe Cell, Mwiyanike Sector, Karago Commune,
Gisenyi Prefecture, Rwanda; alt. POB Rubavu District, Western
Province, Rwanda; nationality Rwanda; Gender Male (individual)
[DRCONGO] (Linked To: FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413, as amended by E.O.
13671.
6. UWIMBABAZI, Sebastien (a.k.a. KIMENYI, Gilbert; a.k.a.
KIMENYI, Nyembo; a.k.a. ``MANZI''; a.k.a. ``NYEMBO''), Rutshuru,
North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 1968; POB Gatoki
Cell, Murunda Sector, Rutsiro Commune, Kibuye Prefecture, Rwanda;
alt. POB Rutsiro District, Western Province, Rwanda; nationality
Rwanda; Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO] (Linked To: FORCES
DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo,'' as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014,
``Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With
Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo''
for being a leader of an entity whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413, as amended by E.O.
13671.
Dated: August 24, 2023.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of
the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-18750 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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