[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 21231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one entity that has 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 this entity are blocked, and U.S. persons are 
generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with it.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for effective date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

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 (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action

    On April 5, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following entity are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Entity

    1. GENESIS MARKET (a.k.a. ``GENESIS MARKETPLACE''; a.k.a. 
``GENESIS STORE''), Russia; website genesis.market; alt. Website 
G3n3sis.org; alt. Website 
genesis7zoveavupiiwnrycmaq6uro3kn5h2be3el7wdnbjti2ln2wid.onion; alt. 
Website g3n3sis.pro; Secondary sanctions risk: Ukraine-/Russia-
Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 589.201; Organization 
Established Date 01 Mar 2018 [CYBER2].
    Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(D) of Executive Order 
13694 of April 1, 2015 ``Blocking the Property of Certain Persons 
Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,'' 80 FR 
18077, 3 C.F.R, 2015 Comp., p. 297, as amended by Executive Order 
13757 of December 28, 2016, ``Taking Additional Steps to Address the 
National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-
Enabled Activities,'' 82 FR 1, 3 C.F.R, 2016 Comp., p. 659 (E.O. 
13694, as amended) for being responsible for or complicit in, or to 
have engaged in, directly or indirectly, an activity described in 
section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13694, as amended.

    Dated: April 5, 2023.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-07446 Filed 4-7-23; 8:45 am]
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