Sanctions Actions Pursuant to Executive Orders 13224, 5520 [2016-01828]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 5520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01828]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Sanctions Actions Pursuant to Executive Orders 13224

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(OFAC) is publishing the names of 1 individual and 1 entity whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support 
Terrorism.''

DATES: OFAC's actions described in this notice are effective on January 
7, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202/622-2420, Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202/622-2490, Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202/622-2480, Office of Foreign Assets Control, or 
Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622-2410, Office of 
the General Counsel, Department of the Treasury (not toll free 
numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac). 
Certain general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs is 
also available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, 
tel.: 202/622-0077.

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On January 7, 2016, OFAC blocked the property and interests in 
property of the following 1 individual and 1 entity pursuant to E.O. 
13224, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons 
Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism'':

Individual

    1. CHARARA, Ali Youssef (a.k.a. SHARARA, Ali Youssef; a.k.a. 
SHARARA, 'Ali Yusuf), Ghobeiry Center, Mcharrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon; 
Verdun 732 Center, 17th Floor, Verdun, Rachid Karameh Street, 
Beirut, Lebanon; Al-Ahlam, 4th Floor, Embassies Street, Bir Hassan, 
Beirut, Lebanon; DOB 25 Sep 1968; POB Sidon, Lebanon; Gender Male 
(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HIZBALLAH).

Entity

    1. SPECTRUM INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDING SAL (a.k.a. SPECTRUM 
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT HOLDING SAL; a.k.a. SPECTRUM INVESTMENT 
GROUP HOLDING; a.k.a. SPECTRUM INVESTMENT GROUP SAL HOLDING; a.k.a. 
SPECTRUM INVESTMENT HOLDING; a.k.a. ``SPECTRUM HOLDING''), Floor 17, 
Verdun 732 Building, Rachid Karameh Street, Verdun, Beirut, Lebanon; 
Verdun 732 Center, Rachid Karame Street, Beirut, Lebanon; P.O. Box 
113-5333, Beirut, Lebanon; Business Registration Document # 1990106 
(Lebanon) [SDGT] (Linked To: CHARARA, Ali Youssef).

    Dated: January 7, 2016.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2016-01828 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am]
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