OFAC Imposes Additional Venezuelan Sanctions

The U.S. Treasury ("Treasury") Department Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated five officials affiliated with "illegitimate former" Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, pursuant to Executive Order 13692. According to OFAC, these five individuals "continue to repress democracy and democratic actors in Venezuela and engage in significant corruption and fraud against the people of Venezuela." The individuals include Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez, the "illegitimate President" of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Treasury stated that it may continue to sanction officials "who have helped the illegitimate Maduro regime repress the Venezuelan people." As a result of OFAC's action, all property and interests in property of the designated individuals subject to U.S. jurisdiction are now blocked, and U.S. persons generally are prohibited from engaging in any dealings with them.