On November 19, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced an addition to the Specially Designated Nationals List pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13722. The addition identifies one individual found to have offered advice on evading U.S. sanctions that ultimately assisted third party companies in the illicit purchase of fuel and gas oil for North Korea. In addition, OFAC also cites to a 2017 DOJ complaint concerning the companies’ alleged participation in laundering millions of dollars connected to North Korea. As a result, all assets belonging to the identified individual that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with him.

See here for previous InfoBytes coverage on North Korean sanctions.