Last Updated: January 19, 2026

MAYA EXCHANGE COMPANYde-listed

Aliases

MAYA FOR EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL HAWALAS

Address

Ground Floor, Property Number 17/9/2230, Baqi Zadeh Building, Fardus Street, Salhiyah, Damascus, Syria; First Real Estate Zone, Property Number 936, Section 2, Ground Floor, Haju Building, Abd al-Hamid al-Durubi Street, Homs, Syria; Tartus Real Estate Zone, Section 8, Property Number 3881, Revolution Street, Al-Baraniyah, Tartus, Syria; Ground F...

Official reason

Syria-based Maya Exchange Company (Maya), alongside previously sanctioned Syrian exchanges Al-Fadel Exchange and Al-Adham Exchange, facilitated millions of dollars of illicit transactions, foreign currency transfers, and sanctions evasion schemes for the benefit of the Syrian government. In mid-2023, Maya agreed to assist Aleksey Makarov (Makarov),...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2210

Date of listing

2024-03-26

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