Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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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 89, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06463]
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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 effective date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley T. 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 the
Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 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 Actions
On March 21, 2024, OFAC determined that the property and interests
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person is
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individual
1. MORALES URBINA, Wendy Carolina (a.k.a. MORALES, Wendy
Carolina; a.k.a. ``MORALES, Wendy''; a.k.a. ``URBINA, Wendy
Carolina''), Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 28 May 1980; POB Nicaragua;
nationality Nicaragua; citizen Nicaragua; Gender Female; National ID
No. 001-280580-0021Y (Nicaragua) (individual) [NICARAGUA].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i)(D) of Executive Order
13851 of November 27, 2018, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua,'' as amended by
Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, ``Taking Additional Steps
To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
Nicaragua,'' for being responsible for or complicit in, or to have
directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any
transaction or series of transactions involving deceptive practices
or corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the
Government of Nicaragua or a current or former official of the
Government of Nicaragua, such as the misappropriation of public
assets or expropriation of private assets for personal gain or
political purposes, corruption related to government contracts, or
bribery.
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii) of Executive Order
13851 of November 27, 2018, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua,'' as amended by
Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, ``Taking Additional Steps
To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
Nicaragua,'' for being an official of the Government of Nicaragua or
having served as an official of the Government of Nicaragua at any
time on or after January 10, 2007.
Dated: March 21, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2024-06463 Filed 3-26-24; 8:45 am]
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