Vietnam-based beverage company agrees to pay $860,000 for violations of U.S. sanctions on North Korea
Civil liability for 43 apparent violations of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced that a Vietnam-based alcoholic beverage company has agreed to pay $860,000 to settle its subsidiaries' potential civil liability for 43 apparent violations of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations.
Between April 2016 and October 2018, the subsidiaries caused U.S. financial institutions to process approximately $1.1 million in payments for the sale of alcoholic beverages to North Korea.
The settlement amount reflects OFAC's determination that conduct at issue was not voluntarily disclosed and constituted a non-egregious case.
Read the OFAC enforcement release (October 17, 2024)