Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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- Energy and utilities €236.1m 37 % · 1 case
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €215.6m 34 % · 4 cases
- Telecoms, IT and software €120.1m 19 % · 1 case
- Automotive €31.2m 5 % · 1 case
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals €22.1m 3 % · 2 cases
- Financial services and insurance €9.89m 2 % · 1 case
- Transport, logistics and shipping €2.15m 0 % · 3 cases
- Defence and security €846,453 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | €18.8m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €244,999 |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €2.47m |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €3.35m |
| Q3 2025 | 3 | €122m |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €9.89m |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | €213m |
| Q2 2026 | 2 | €267.3m |
| Q3 2026 | 2 | €909,971 |
14 cases
18 May 2026 Adani Enterprises LimitedAdani Enterprises pays 275 million USD over Iranian liquefied petroleum gas €236.1m
From November 2023 to June 2025, the Indian conglomerate bought allegedly Omani and Iraqi liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) via a trader in Dubai which in fact originated from Iran; 32 payments totalling around 192 million USD were routed through US banks. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the violations as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed; Adani had recklessly ignored numerous warning signs (AIS manipulation by the tankers, implausible loading ports, conspicuous price discounts, irregularities in the certificates of origin).
Companies that source commodities below market price via intermediaries must actively check origin, vessel movements and documents – mere name screening against sanctions lists is not enough.
Warning signs in commodity and shipping transactions (origin, AIS gaps, price discounts)
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 560); IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Remedial measures after discovery and cooperation with OFAC
- Published
- 18 May 2026
Original amount 275,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 May 2026.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Adani Enterprises Limited Settles with OFAC for $275,000,000 (18.05.2026) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Aug 2026 Container Manufacturing Ltd.Small US machinery supplier exported spare parts for can presses to Russia €857,339
Between March 2023 and March 2025, the Ohio manufacturer of presses for beverage can ends (nine employees) supplied, in ten instances, spare parts for aluminium forming tools worth around 264,700 USD – partly via the UAE and Turkey – without a licence to a Russian customer whose group also supplies defence precursors. In two instances, the company acted with knowledge of the violation; it admitted the allegations, which were brought by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Even small businesses with few employees must check tariff codes against Russia restrictions and treat deliveries via third countries as a warning sign.
HTS-based export restrictions on Russia, diversion via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations, § 746.8(a)(5) (HTS-Codes Supplement No. 4 to Part 746), §§ 764.2(a), 764.2(e)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation; compliance programme subsequently expanded with screening, an approval process and additional export control training
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Aug 2026.
- BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Container Manufacturing Ltd. (24.08.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Container Manufacturing Ltd. Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Aug 2026 Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc.Scale manufacturer Rice Lake liable for Italian subsidiary's indirect exports to Iran €52,632
In eight instances in 2019–2021, the Italian subsidiary Dini Argeo supplied weighing equipment worth around 121,500 USD to a trader in the UAE, although it knew that the goods would be passed on to a former direct Iranian customer. The parent company had passed on the Iran ban only by an English-language e-mail without explanation; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered it a non-egregious, voluntarily self-disclosed case.
Implement sanctions requirements at foreign subsidiaries in an understandable way, in the local language and with training for all relevant employees – indirect supplies via traders are also prohibited.
Sanctions training for foreign subsidiaries, indirect supplies via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, § 560.215 (Auslandstöchter von US-Personen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, immediate internal investigation, low significance for turnover, no prior violations, cooperation; subsequent training of the subsidiary's employees and screening of traders
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026
Original amount 60,764 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Rice Lake Weighing Systems Settles with OFAC for Iran-Related Apparent Violations (12.08.2026) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jun 2026 Robert Bosch GmbHBosch pays 36 million USD for sensor supplies to Huawei €31.2m
Between September 2020 and September 2024, Bosch exported MEMS sensors and vehicle software worth around 72.4 million USD from outside the US without a licence to Huawei and affiliated companies on the Entity List (Foreign Direct Product Rule). Bosch voluntarily disclosed the violations; around 3.6 million USD of the penalty imposed by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is credited against a disgorgement agreed with the DOJ.
Even products manufactured outside the US can be subject to US export controls via US technology – supplies to Entity List customers need their own review.
US export law for foreign-made products (Foreign Direct Product Rule)
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations (Foreign Direct Product Rule, Entity List)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Automotive
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure and cooperation
- Published
- 17 Jun 2026
Original amount 36,184,680 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2026.
- BIS: Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) to Pay $36 Million Penalty for BIS Violations Pertaining to Shipments to Huawei (17.06.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Robert Bosch GmbH (16.06.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Feb 2026 Teledyne FLIR LLCTeledyne FLIR: thermal imaging cameras incorrectly assessed and supplied to Entity List address €846,453
The manufacturer of militarily relevant thermal imaging technology admitted 19 violations to the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS): incorrect de minimis calculations for cameras that went to China via Sweden, pricing arranged with a Chinese drone manufacturer to circumvent the licence requirement, missing records and eight deliveries in 2024 to a Hong Kong address on the Entity List that the screening software did not detect.
Actively incorporate new forms of listing, such as address-only entries, into screening; do not rely solely on the software provider.
De minimis calculation, address-based Entity List entries in screening
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations, §§ 734.4 (De minimis), 744.16, 764.2(a), (b), (h), (i)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Defence and security
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosures for some of the violations
- Published
- 26 Feb 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Feb 2026.
- BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Teledyne FLIR LLC and its affiliates (26.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Teledyne FLIR LLC (26.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Feb 2026 Applied Materials, Inc. und Applied Materials Korea, Ltd.Applied Materials pays 252 million USD for chip equipment exports to China €212.2m
In 2021 and 2022, Applied Materials and its Korean subsidiary exported ion implanters for semiconductor manufacturing worth around 126 million USD via Korea without a licence to a Chinese company placed on the Entity List in 2020. The penalty imposed by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) corresponds to twice the transaction value and thus the statutory maximum; the compliance staff and executives responsible are no longer with the company.
Routing through foreign subsidiaries does not remove the licence requirement; export control needs audits and clear accountability of management.
Entity List screening for deliveries via subsidiaries
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations (Entity List)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Liability of senior managers
- According to BIS, the responsible compliance staff and senior executives from sales and production are no longer employed.
- Published
- 12 Feb 2026
Original amount 252,500,300 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Feb 2026.
- BIS: Applied Materials to Pay $252 Million Penalty for Illegally Exporting Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (12.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Applied Materials, Inc. and Applied Materials Korea (11.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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2 Dec 2025 IPI Partners, LLCPrivate equity firm IPI held oligarch's funds for four years after designation €9.89m
In 2017/2018, the Chicago fund manager specialising in data centres took in capital from the Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov via nested structures and continued to manage this investment for four years after his designation in April 2018. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the case as non-egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed.
Screen investors through to the beneficial owner and re-check them when new designations occur – nested structures do not protect against liability.
Checking beneficial owners of investors and fund structures
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 589); IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- No prior violations in five years; cooperation improved significantly only after initially insufficient engagement (including waiver of attorney-client privilege), hence only limited credit
- Published
- 2 Dec 2025
Original amount 11,485,352 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Dec 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: IPI Partners, LLC Settles with OFAC for $11,485,352 (02.12.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2025 Fracht FWO Inc.Freight forwarder Fracht FWO chartered blocked Venezuelan airline with Mahan Air jet €1.38m
In May 2022, bypassing internal compliance procedures, the Houston freight forwarder engaged a blocked Venezuelan state-owned airline for a shipment from Mexico to Argentina; the aircraft used, which was also blocked, was operated by Iran's Mahan Air. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) classified the case as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed, partly because two vice presidents bypassed the screening under time pressure.
Urgent customer orders never justify skipping sanctions screening of carriers and of the aircraft or vessels used.
Business partner screening under time pressure, circumvention of internal approvals
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Venezuela-, Iran-, Proliferations- und Terrorismus-Sanktionsprogramme (OFAC); IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No prior violations in five years, immediate remediation, substantial cooperation
- Liability of senior managers
- According to OFAC, the violation was driven primarily by two vice presidents who bypassed internal screening processes.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2025
Original amount 1,610,775 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Fracht FWO Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,610,775 (03.09.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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28 Jul 2025 Cadence Design Systems Inc.Cadence pleads guilty: chip design software for Chinese military university €120.1m
From 2015 to 2021, the San José provider of chip design software supplied hardware, software and semiconductor IP at least 59 times to the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), a military university on the Entity List, disguised under the alias Central South CAD Center. Cadence pleaded guilty before the US Department of Justice to conspiracy to commit export control violations; criminal penalties of almost 118 million USD and civil penalties of more than 95 million USD imposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) result, after crediting, in a net total of more than 140 million USD.
Include cover names and known aliases of listed customers in screening; sales and compliance must escalate indications of military end users.
Recognising aliases and cover names of listed customers
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations (Entity List); ECRA; Verschwörung zu Exportkontrollverstößen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 28 Jul 2025
Original amount 140,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Jul 2025.
- DOJ: Cadence Design Systems Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $140 Million for Unlawfully Exporting to Military University in China (28.07.2025) Press release of an authority
- BIS: Cadence Design Systems to Pay $95 Million Penalty to BIS for Unauthorized Exports to Chinese Entities (28.07.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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2 Jul 2025 Key Holding, LLCLogistics company Key Holding: Colombian subsidiary organised 36 shipments to Cuba €517,929
After the acquisition of a Colombian logistics company in December 2021, the latter organised 36 freight shipments to Cuba worth around 3.06 million USD up to July 2023. Neither the US parent nor the subsidiary had a sanctions compliance programme for foreign companies; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the case as non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
After an acquisition, roll out the sanctions compliance programme to the new foreign subsidiary immediately – the Cuba embargo applies to US-controlled subsidiaries worldwide.
Sanctions compliance after acquisitions
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 515)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, remedial measures after discovery
- Published
- 2 Jul 2025
Original amount 608,825 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Key Holding, LLC Settles with OFAC for $608,825 (02.07.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jun 2025 Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLCCatalyst manufacturer Unicat supplied Iran and blocked Venezuelan company €3.35m
In 2016–2021, the Texas supplier of catalysts for refineries and steelworks supplied products and advice to customers in Iran via its former CEO, employees and agents, and sold goods to a blocked Venezuelan company. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered it an egregious but voluntarily self-disclosed case; there were parallel settlements with the DOJ and BIS, which were taken into account in determining the amount.
When senior management itself steers embargo business, only independent controls and whistleblower channels help – voluntary self-disclosure after discovery reduces the penalty but does not prevent it.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Venezuela Sanctions Regulations; IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, cooperation and remedial measures after discovery
- Liability of senior managers
- According to OFAC, the violations were carried out by the former CEO and co-founder as well as former employees.
- Published
- 16 Jun 2025
Original amount 3,882,797 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLC Settles with OFAC for $3,882,797 (16.06.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jan 2025 Haas Automation, Inc.Haas Automation: CNC parts and unlock codes for blocked Russian defence companies €2.47m
From December 2019 to March 2022, the Californian machine tool manufacturer indirectly supplied, via its dealer network, one CNC machine, 13 spare parts orders and seven unlock codes for machines of blocked Russian defence and energy companies. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed 1,044,781 USD (eight of the 21 violations egregious, no voluntary self-disclosure); at the same time, Haas paid 1.5 million USD to the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Spare parts and software unlock codes for machines already delivered are also services relevant to sanctions – end customers behind dealers must be known.
End-customer screening in dealer sales, software unlocks as a service
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); parallel U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 589; E.O. 13662); Export Administration Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Substantial remedial measures and extensive cooperation
- Published
- 17 Jan 2025
Original amount 2,544,781 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jan 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Haas Automation, Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,044,781 (17.01.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Dec 2024 C.H. Robinson International, Inc.C.H. Robinson: foreign subsidiaries transported Iranian and Cuban goods €244,999
From November 2018 to February 2022, five foreign subsidiaries of the logistics group acquired through takeovers brokered or transported a total of 82 shipments involving Iranian or Cuban goods or an Iranian airline. The main cause was that their booking systems had not yet been integrated into the group's screening processes; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered the case non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
Connect acquired freight forwarders to central screening quickly; until then, interim controls on origin and carrier are needed.
Integrating acquired companies into sanctions screening
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Cuban Assets Control Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, swift remediation
- Published
- 13 Dec 2024
Original amount 257,690 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Dec 2024.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: C.H. Robinson International Inc. Settles with OFAC for $257,690 (13.12.2024) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2024 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Apr 2024 SCG Plastics Co., Ltd.SCG Plastics pays 20 million USD for concealed sales of Iranian polyethylene €18.8m
In 2017–2018, the Thai plastics company had US banks process 467 payments totalling 291 million USD for HDPE plastic produced in an Iranian joint venture with the state-owned National Petrochemical Company. Shipping and documentation practices concealed the Iranian origin. The penalty was imposed by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Invoicing in US dollars brings US sanctions law into the business – holdings in embargoed countries require strict separation of payment flows.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 560)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 19 Apr 2024
Original amount 20,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Apr 2024.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: SCG Plastics Co., Ltd. Settles with OFAC for $20,000,000 (19.04.2024) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2024 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link