PayPal to Pay $7.7 Million for 486 Sanctions Violations
PayPal, an electronic payments company, this week reached a $7.7 million settlement with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for processing 486 transactions in violation of OFAC regulations governing sanctions programs. The civil penalties could have been significantly higher, had PayPal not self-reported the violations and cooperated with ...
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