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7 Nov 2024 Aiotec GmbHOFAC: USD 14.55 million settlement with Aiotec over supply of a polypropylene plant to Iran USABreaches of sanctions and embargoes €13.5m

Berlin-based Aiotec GmbH, which sources industrial equipment for the energy sector, is paying USD 14,550,000 under a settlement with OFAC for one apparent violation of the Iran sanctions; USD 9,550,000 of this is suspended as long as Aiotec meets its compliance commitments. Under the settlement agreement, up to a further USD 700,000 may be suspended if spent on sanctions compliance; USD 4.3 million is payable in instalments over seven years. According to OFAC's findings, between 2015 and 2019 the company took part in a conspiracy to cause a US company to sell it a decommissioned Australian polypropylene plant for around USD 9.7 million that was in fact destined for a buyer in Iran; payments of around USD 9.46 million ran through a US bank. OFAC treated the apparent violation as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed; the base penalty equalled the statutory maximum of USD 19.4 million. OFAC signed the settlement agreement on 7 November 2024 and published it on 3 December 2024. According to the settlement agreement, the settlement does not constitute an admission by Aiotec of the apparent violation. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), enforcement release "Aiotec GmbH Settles with OFAC for $14,550,000 Related to an Apparent Violation of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations", 3 December 2024, https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933661/download?inline; summarised in our own words.

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. § 560.203(b) (Verabredung zur Umgehung; ein mutmaßlicher Verstoß); Vergleich nach den Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines, 31 C.F.R. part 501, app. A
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
3 Dec 2024

Original amount 14,550,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Nov 2024.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

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