Reporting: Russia Sanctions Violations

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The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) is part of the US Treasury and enforces and administers economic sanctions by the US government, such as the recent and continuing sanctions being levied against Russia for their invasion of Ukraine. Violations of these sanctions are aggressively pursued by the Justice Department and OFAC. The penalties for violations are designed to be non-economical to do business with sanctioned entities and can result in both criminal prosecution and enormous fines and financial penalties.

While OFAC itself doesn’t reward whistleblowers directly, it’s often possible to file whistleblower claims for such sanction violations with the SEC or another whistleblower rewards program that all would apply to the specifics of the sanction violation.

Do you know of or have evidence of a violation of the US sanctions levied against Russia or another entity? If so, file a report with us to get started.