Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street, building 32-1, office XII on 6th fl., cabinet 4d, Moscow, 123001, Russia
Reg. ID
1157746142960, Registration Number;
7718075252, Tax ID No.;
770301001, Government Gazette Number
Official reason
Specifically, OFAC designated Maritime Assistance LLC, which is a front company supporting the U.S-designated company OJSC Sovfracht (“Sovfracht”), originally designated for operating in Ukraine. The FBI investigation into Sovfracht following its designation determined that the company concealed its continued shipments of jet fuel to Syria by conducting business via a Moscow-based front company, Maritime Assistance LLC. The joint investigation by the FBI, the Department of Justice, and Treasury determined that Maritime Assistance LLC made payments on Sovfracht’s behalf to enable Sovfracht to continue fulfilling contracts after its designation. These transactions facilitated the sale and delivery of jet fuel in 2016 and 2017 to Banias, Syria, which was used by Russian military aircraft. Russia’s support of the Assad regime enabled its continued bombing campaigns that destroyed numerous hospitals, schools, and public spaces, resulting in civilian deaths. The three individuals being designated today were indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 12, 2018 as a result of the FBI’s investigation on charges of conspiracy to violate U.S. economic sanctions for their orchestration of this illicit scheme. These key senior Sovfracht officials oversaw the activity of Maritime Assistance LLC: Ivan Okorokov, Director of Marine Transport Department at Sovfracht; Karen Stepanyan, First Deputy Director of Marine Transport Department at Sovfracht; and Ilya Loginov, Deputy General Director for Legal Support at Sovfracht. Maritime Assistance LLC is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13685 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Sovfracht. Maritime Assistance LLC is also being designated pursuant to E.O. 13582 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the Syrian Company for Oil Transport (SCOT), which is identified as a Government of Syria entity pursuant to E.O. 13582.
Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Russia
Measures
Trade sanctions
Official Information
E.O. 13685. On December 19, 2014, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA, issued E.O. 13685 (“Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine”). In E.O. 13685, the President took additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine, and with respect to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660 and expanded by E.O.s 13661 and 13662.
Section 1(a) of E.O. 13685 prohibits, among other things, new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by a United States person, and the importation into, or exportation from, the United States, directly or indirectly, of any goods, services, or technology from or to the Crimea region of Ukraine. Section 2(a) of E.O. 13685 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any United States person, of any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State to meet certain criteria.
