Last Updated: January 19, 2026

LEPUS SAI LIMITED

Nationality

Hong Kong; Hong Kong

Address

Unit 13, 12/F, One Vita Supreme, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China

Reg. ID

74898491, Business Registration Number; 3237451, Company Number

Official reason

Lepus Sai Limited (Lepus) is the registered owner of the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker Merope (IMO 9281891) which has made a port call in a Russian port where oil has consistently traded well above the $60 price cap. The Merope is considered to be part of the shadow fleet. Lepus is being designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having o...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2777

Date of listing

2025-01-10

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014 Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Russia

Measures

Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1576

Official Information

E.O. 13662. On March 20, 2014, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA, issued E.O. 13662. In E.O. 13662, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660 and expanded by E.O. 13661, finding that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexat...

Additional Details

SSI / SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/03/24/2014-06612/blocking-property-of-additional-persons-contributing-to-the-situation-in-ukraine