The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 27.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is now “managing” the number of searches users conduct on the Sanctions List Search tool within a limited period of time in order to ensure all users have a “similar search experience.” OFAC did not specify the number of searches permitted or the search timeframe involved, but said it will temporarily suspend for a brief time search access for users that exceed the number of searches permitted. Most users won’t notice a change, said OFAC.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 21 (here) and 22 (here).

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Colombian and Honduran individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 20 and deleted a host of additional entries.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added two individuals and an entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Aug. 18 (here) and 19 (here).

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following Pakistan-based militant group to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under counter-terrorism designation on Aug. 7:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control will no longer publish its sanctions list files on the Government Printing Office file transfer protocol server, the agency said on Aug. 6. The files will continue to publish on the OFAC file transfer protocol server and the OFAC website.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added three Kuwaiti individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under counter-terrorism designations on Aug. 6.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added individuals, entities and vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, including additions of sectoral identifications, on July 29 (here) and 30 (here).

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) settled a civil liability case with California-based Epsilon Electronics for $4,073,000 over violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, OFAC said on July 25. From 2008 to 2012, Epsilon allegedly shipped car audio and video equipment to a firm overseas that reexports “most, if not all” its products to Iran. Epsilon issued invoices for several of the shipments after OFAC sent a warning letter to the company, OFAC said in the release. Epsilon also operates as Power Acoustik Electronics, Sound Stream, Kole Audio, and Precision Audio, OFAC said. The company had no compliance program at the time of the infractions and attempted to hide its indirect dealings with Iranian customers, OFAC alleged.