OFAC fines SCG Chemicals unit $20M over Iran sanctions violations
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Aaron Nicodemus2024-04-22T16:49:00
A subsidiary of Thailand-based SCG Chemicals Co. agreed to pay a $20 million fine to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over “egregious” violations of sanctions against Iran.
SCG Plastics, which is currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings in Thailand, allegedly used U.S-based correspondent banks to process 467 transactions worth $291 million related to sales of lranian-origin high-density polyethylene resin (HDPE), according to its settlement agreement released Friday.
Of the alleged sales, 457 represented payments for HDPE products manufactured at an Iranian plant and 10 represented payments to resolve debt to third parties. The sales occurred from 2017-18, OFAC noted.
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