Notice2023-20038
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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Published
September 15, 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 (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 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63673-63674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20038]
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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 (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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley Smith, 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 Assistant
Director for Sanctions Enforcement, Compliance & Analysis, tel.: 202-
622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).
Notice of OFAC Action(s)
On September 12, 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 authority listed
below.
Individuals
1. AJROUCH, Ali Ismail (a.k.a. AJROUCH, Ali; a.k.a. AJROUSH, Aly
Ismail), Lebanon; DOB 02 Nov 1971; POB Kfar Houne, Jezzine, South,
Lebanon; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk:
section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order
13886 (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: BLACK DIAMOND SARL).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) of Executive Order
13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support
Terrorism,'' 66 FR 49079, as amended by Executive Order 13886 of
September 9, 2019, ``Modernizing Sanctions To Combat Terrorism,'' 84
FR 48041 (collectively, E.O. 13224, as amended), for owning or
controlling, directly or indirectly, BLACK DIAMOND SARL, a person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
E.O. 13224, as amended.
2. HELBAWI, Mahdy Akil (a.k.a. AKIL, Madhy; a.k.a. AKIL, Mahdi
Amer; a.k.a. AQIL, Mahdi Amer; a.k.a. AQIL, Mahdi Amir), Colombia;
DOB 30 Oct 1987; POB Maicao, Colombia; nationality Lebanon; citizen
Colombia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of
Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Cedula
No. 1126038243 (Colombia); Passport LR0159572 (Lebanon) expires 14
Nov 2021; alt. Passport PE092928 (Colombia); National ID No.
000050624602 (Lebanon); Identification Number 3664441 (Lebanon)
(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: RADA, Amer Mohamed Akil).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 13224, as
amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services to or in support of, AMER MOHAMED AKIL RADA, a person whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O.
13224, as amended.
3. RADA, Amer Mohamed Akil (a.k.a. AQEEL, Amer Muhammad),
Lebanon; DOB 07 Sep 1964; alt. DOB 10 Dec 1967; nationality Lebanon;
alt. nationality Colombia; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject
to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions
Regulations; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of
Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Cedula
No. 67121004582 (Colombia); Identification Number V-28426454
(Venezuela) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HIZBALLAH).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of Executive Order
13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on
behalf of, directly or indirectly, HIZBALLAH, a person whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O.
13224.
4. RADA, Samer Akil (a.k.a. RADA, Samer Mohamed Akil; a.k.a.
REDA, Samer Mohamed Akil), Carabobo, Venezuela; DOB 10 Apr 1981;
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions
Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations; Gender
Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order
13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Identification Number
179029472 (Colombia) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HIZBALLAH).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 13224, as
amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services to or in support of, HIZBALLAH, a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
Entities
1. BCI TECHNOLOGIES C.A., Avenue Don Julio Centeno, Centro
Comercial Los Jarales, local N1-11, Valencia, Carabobo State,
Venezuela; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order
13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Type: Other
information technology and computer service activities [SDGT]
(Linked To: RADA, Samer Akil).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 13224, as
amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or
indirectly, SAMER AKIL RADA, a person whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended.
2. BLACK DIAMOND SARL, Beirut, Baabda, Lebanon; Secondary
sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by
Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 09 Mar 2016;
Commercial Registry Number 2044841 (Lebanon) [SDGT] (Linked To:
ZANGA S.A.S.).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 13224, as
amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or
services to or in support of, ZANGA S.A.S., a person whose property
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as
amended.
3. ZANGA S.A.S., Carrera 49 C #102-57 104, Barranquilla,
Colombia; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order
13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established
Date 03 Mar 2015; NIT # 9008900295 (Colombia); Identification Number
1700344853100000 (Colombia) [SDGT] (Linked To: HELBAWI, Mahdy Akil).
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Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 13224, as
amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or
indirectly, MAHDY AKIL HELBAWI, a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as
amended.
Dated: September 12, 2023.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-20038 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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