Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Yusuf ARBASHde-listed
Aliases
Yusef Mikhail ARBASH
Position
Position: Head of Hesco Engineering and Construction Ltd's Office in Russia
Nationality
Russia
DoB
Oct 1960
Official reason
Yusuf Arbash is the head and director of Hesco’s office in Russia. In August 2015, he worked with officials of a Russian construction group to arrange a financial transfer from Syria. Arbash, accompanied in this meeting by his father-in-law and previously-designated Hesco founder George Haswani, worked to conceal the Syrian origin of those funds.
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0526
Date of listing
2016-07-21
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13338; Executive Order 13399; Executive Order 13460; Executive Order 13572; Executive Order 13573; Executive Order 13582
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1571 The United States has sanctioned the Syrian government, including the Central Bank of Syria, senior Syrian government officials, and individuals and entities supporting the Assad regime and/or responsible for human rights abuses in Syria, in order to reinforce the President’s call that Bashar al-Assad s...
Official Information
On May 11, 2004, the President issued E.O. 13338, declaring a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruct...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/syria-sanctions