Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

• Published date: 15 July 2019
• Record Number: 2019-14889
• Section: Notices
• Court: Foreign Assets Control Office,Treasury Department

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 135 (Monday, July 15, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 33811]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-14889]
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                DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
                Office of Foreign Assets Control
                Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
                AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
                Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of three persons that have been
                placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
                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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
                Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
                Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for
                Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
                Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office
                of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
                Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.
                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 (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
                Notice of OFAC Action(s)
                 On July 9, 2019, OFAC determined that the property and interests in
                property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following three persons
                are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
                Individual
                 1. RA'D, Muhammad Hasan (a.k.a. RAAD, Mohammad; a.k.a. RAAD,
                Mohammed; a.k.a. RA'AD, Muhammad; a.k.a. RA'D, Muhammad; a.k.a. RAED,
                Mohamad; a.k.a. RAED, Mohamed), Beirut, Lebanon; DOB 28 Aug 1955;
                Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions
                Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male;
                National ID No. 307321 (Lebanon) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To:
                HIZBALLAH).
                 Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of Executive Order 13224 of
                September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
                With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism''
                (E.O. 13224) for acting for or on behalf of HIZBALLAH, an entity whose
                property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
                 2. SAFA, Wafiq (a.k.a. SAFA, Wafic; a.k.a. SAFA, Wafiq 'Abd-al-
                Husayn; a.k.a. SAFA, Wafiq Ahmad; a.k.a. ``AL-DIN, Hessam Badr'';
                a.k.a. ``AL-ZAIN, Ali Wahib''), Lebanon; DOB 01 Sep 1960; alt. DOB 17
                Mar 1965; POB Zibdin, Lebanon; alt. POB Zubaydah al-Jonubi, Lebanon;
                alt. POB Rayhan, Lebanon; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to
                Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions
                Regulations; Gender Male; National ID No. 494606 (Lebanon); alt.
                National ID No. 000012505210 (Lebanon) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To:
                HIZBALLAH).
                 Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or
                on behalf HIZBALLAH, an entity whose property and interests in property
                are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
                 3. SHERRI, Amin (a.k.a. CHERRI, Amin; a.k.a. SHARI, 'Amin Abi;
                a.k.a. SHARY, Amin Muhammad; a.k.a. SHIRRI, Ameen; a.k.a. SHIRRI, Amin;
                a.k.a. SHRI, Amin), Beirut, Lebanon; DOB 02 Aug 1957; Additional
                Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the
                Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations; Gender Male; National ID No.
                380858 (Lebanon) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HIZBALLAH).
                 Designated pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O. 13224 for acting for or
                on behalf HIZBALLAH, an entity whose property and interests in property
                are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
                 Dated: July 9, 2019.
                Andrea Gacki,
                Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
                [FR Doc. 2019-14889 Filed 7-12-19; 8:45 am]
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