[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06463]


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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 U.S. 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 (SDN 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 effective date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley T. Smith, 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 SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On March 21, 2024, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person is 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    1. MORALES URBINA, Wendy Carolina (a.k.a. MORALES, Wendy 
Carolina; a.k.a. ``MORALES, Wendy''; a.k.a. ``URBINA, Wendy 
Carolina''), Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 28 May 1980; POB Nicaragua; 
nationality Nicaragua; citizen Nicaragua; Gender Female; National ID 
No. 001-280580-0021Y (Nicaragua) (individual) [NICARAGUA].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i)(D) of Executive Order 
13851 of November 27, 2018, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua,'' as amended by 
Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, ``Taking Additional Steps 
To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
Nicaragua,'' for being responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any 
transaction or series of transactions involving deceptive practices 
or corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the 
Government of Nicaragua or a current or former official of the 
Government of Nicaragua, such as the misappropriation of public 
assets or expropriation of private assets for personal gain or 
political purposes, corruption related to government contracts, or 
bribery.
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii) of Executive Order 
13851 of November 27, 2018, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua,'' as amended by 
Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, ``Taking Additional Steps 
To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
Nicaragua,'' for being an official of the Government of Nicaragua or 
having served as an official of the Government of Nicaragua at any 
time on or after January 10, 2007.

    Dated: March 21, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2024-06463 Filed 3-26-24; 8:45 am]
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