[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19590]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The 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 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.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory 
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office 
of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 
Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

    On July 5, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.

Individuals

    1. DIAZ, Francisco (a.k.a. DIAZ MADRIZ, Francisco Javier), 
Residencial Lomas del Valle, Casa U5, Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 03 Aug 
1961; POB Chinandega, Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male; 
National ID No. 0810308610000L (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order 
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons Involved 
in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption'' (E.O. 13818) and 31 CFR 
part 583, the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, (the GMSR) for 
being or having been a leader or official of the Nicaraguan National 
Police, an entity that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged 
in, serious human rights abuse relating to the leader's or official's 
tenure.
    2. MORENO, Fidel (a.k.a. MORENO BRIONES, Fidel Antonio), Managua, 
Nicaragua; DOB 26 Feb 1974; POB Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; 
Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13818 and the 
GMSR for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or 
indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
    Also designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of E.O. 13818 
and the GMSR for being or having been a leader or official of the 
Sandinista Youth, an entity that has engaged in, or whose members have 
engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to the leader's or 
official's tenure.
    3. LOPEZ, Jose Francisco (a.k.a. LOPEZ CENTENO, Jose Francisco; 
a.k.a. ``Chico''); DOB 17 Sep 1950; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male; 
Passport C0915261 (Nicaragua) (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of E.O. 13818 for 
being a current or former government official, or a person acting for 
or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit 
in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the 
misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets 
for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the 
extraction of natural resources, or bribery.

    Dated: September 5, 2018.
Andrea Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-19590 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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