OFAC fines logistics company Key Holding $609k for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2025-07-02T20:31:00
A Delaware logistics company paid a $608,825 fine for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba, a breach that the company self-disclosed to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
The violations, which OFAC considered non-egregious, were allegedly committed by a Key Holding LLC subsidiary in Colombia, which the company acquired in 2021.
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