Treasury Adds Usual Suspects to Blocked Persons List Again
Published Date: 8/14/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. 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 (SDN 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.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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New SDN Listings Block U.S. Transactions
On August 7, 2026, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of those persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them; the notice was published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2026.
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