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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 15:38:32+00:00

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Sy Chim vs. Sy Siy Ho & Sons, Inc.
manner that is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution.
the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) administered by OFAC.
ensure that persons affected by their actions have a meaningful opportunity to respond to them.
Defendants have acted without regard to these obligations and beyond the bounds of their authority.
compound daily and will continue to do so as long as Defendants maintain sanctions on Deripaska.
“enemy” and a “criminal,” absent any evidence and without consequence to their political standing.
opportunity to challenge his designations through the normal channels for doing so.
shown to the sanctioned parties nor their attorneys.
Deripaska to seek a fair opportunity to challenge his designations.
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, P.L. 115-44, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
1331 because this action arises under the laws of the United States.
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 65.
13. Oleg Deripaska is, and was at all times relevant to this complaint, a citizen of Russia.
and accurate copy of the page of the SDN List containing Deripaska’s name.
and is located at 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Freedman’s Bank Building, Washington D.C.
administering U.S. economic sanctions programs, including by designating persons under E.O.
13661 and E.O. 13662 and regulating dealings with them under those authorities via 31 C.F.R.
under E.O. 13661 and E.O 13662.
16. Defendant Steven T. Mnuchin is the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Mr. Mnuchin is sued in his official capacity.
Parastatal Entities” (“Section 241 Report”).
their closeness to the Russian regime and their net worth.
Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the H. Comm. on Foreign Affairs).
Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Comm., to Rex Tillerson, Sec’y of State, and Steven T.
Mnuchin, Sec’y of the Treasury (Feb. 28, 2018).
B—Forbes List of World’s Billionaires-Russia.
RC (D.D.C. Feb. 15, 2019), ECF No. 12 at 12, 20.
of the contents of that annex.
designations under E.O. 13661 and E.O. 13662.
Treasury’s issuance of the CAATSA Section 241 report in late January 2018.” Press Release, U.S.
Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity (April 6, 2018).
30. As a result, Deripaska’s property and interests in property located within U.S.
transaction for or on behalf of Deripaska and/or his family members.
and blocked themselves, for knowingly facilitating any significant transaction with these entities.
further detail concerning OFAC’s allegations, evidence, or conclusions supporting those bases.
Malign Activity (April 6, 2018).
he has in the energy sector of the Russian Federation.
the merits of those allegations.
or whether there were any findings as to the merits of those allegations.
for designation under E.O. 13661 and E.O. 13662.
reasons why OFAC discounted the findings of the other tribunals with respect to these allegations.
Worldwide Malign Activity (April 6, 2018).
or made public a copy of the administrative record created in support of its designation actions.
designations describing why it designated Deripaska under E.O. 13661 and E.O. 13662.
CONG. REC. 198 (2019) (statement of Sen. Menendez).
activities nor in any activity satisfying the criteria of E.O. 13661 and E.O. 13662.
to enter into any further dealings with him out of fear of exposure to U.S. sanctions.
UNITED STATES TO COMBAT ILLICIT FINANCE RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (2018).
representation, and the WFO was imposed upon him.
has made it nearly impossible for Deripaska to maintain the operations of his businesses.
companies to disentangle themselves from him. 165 CONG. REC. 198 (2019) (statement of Sen.
had divested his majority ownership of, and relinquished controlling interests in, those companies.
sanctioned. Letter from Andrea M. Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, to Sen.
Mitch McConnell, Sen. Majority Leader (Dec. 19, 2018).
Anglo Saxons to control” and for acting against the strategic policy and national security of Russia.
whole for the consequences he has suffered as a result of the Defendants’ unlawful actions.
3) irrelevant to the legal criteria cited for Deripaska’s designations.
Question # 587 (May 22, 2018).
Rusal Out of Business, BLOOMBERG (May 1, 2018, 2:49 AM).
with the enemy” and that he is a “criminal.” 165 CONG. REC. H694 (2019) (statement of Rep.
imposing additional sanctions on Putin's cronies.” Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer), Twitter, (Feb.
18, 2019, 2:20 PM), https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1097576721996488712.
much less have sanctions against him removed.
allegations in all preceding paragraphs.
and set aside. 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).
court and set aside. 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).
Deripaska operates in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy.
or purported to act for or on behalf of a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation.
process rights under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
energy sector of the Russian Federation economy.
by law shall be held unlawful by a reviewing court and set aside. 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A) and (D).
of his designation in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.
him with access to the administrative record underlying his designation.
energy sector of the Russian Federation.
the individual be identified according to their closeness to the Russian regime and their net worth.
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.
i.e., an individuals’ net worth and political influence.
conclude that Deripaska is an “oligarch” for purposes of Section 241 of CAATSA.
meaningful opportunity to respond to his inclusion.
Deripaska meets the definition of an “oligarch” for purposes of Section 241 of CAATSA.
rendered a conclusory finding that Deripaska is an “oligarch” in their Section 241 Report.
CAATSA, and because there is no opportunity to challenge his inclusion in the Section 241 Report.
U.S.C. § 701 et seq.
B. Issue an order directing Defendants to rescind Deripaska’s designations under E.O.
supporting administrative record underlying Deripaska’s designations under E.O.
H. Any other and further relief as the Court may deem proper.
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