Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

Notice published September 10, 2018 · 83 FR 45754

Document number
FR Doc. 2018-19590
Type
Notice
Published
September 10, 2018
Citation
83 FR 45754 (page 45,754)
Action
Notice.
Dates
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe 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 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.

Executive orders cited

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 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 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 5, 2018, 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. DIAZ, Francisco (a.k.a. DIAZ MADRIZ, Francisco Javier),
Residencial Lomas del Valle, Casa U5, Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 03 Aug
1961; POB Chinandega, Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male;
National ID No. 0810308610000L (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons Involved
in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption'' (E.O. 13818) and 31 CFR
part 583, the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, (the GMSR) for
being or having been a leader or official of the Nicaraguan National
Police, an entity that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged
in, serious human rights abuse relating to the leader's or official's
tenure.
    2. MORENO, Fidel (a.k.a. MORENO BRIONES, Fidel Antonio), Managua,
Nicaragua; DOB 26 Feb 1974; POB Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua;
Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13818 and the
GMSR for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or
indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
    Also designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of E.O. 13818
and the GMSR for being or having been a leader or official of the
Sandinista Youth, an entity that has engaged in, or whose members have
engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to the leader's or
official's tenure.
    3. LOPEZ, Jose Francisco (a.k.a. LOPEZ CENTENO, Jose Francisco;
a.k.a. ``Chico''); DOB 17 Sep 1950; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male;
Passport C0915261 (Nicaragua) (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of E.O. 13818 for
being a current or former government official, or a person acting for
or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit
in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the
misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets
for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the
extraction of natural resources, or bribery.

    Dated: September 5, 2018.
Andrea Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-19590 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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