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Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and TradeStation Securities, Inc.
OFAC
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced that TradeStation Securities, Inc. has agreed to pay $1,110,661 to settle its potential civil liability for 481 apparent violations of OFAC sanctions programs arising from TradeStation’s provision of brokerage and investment services to persons in Iran, Syria, and Crimea, between June 2021 and June 2022. The settlement amount reflects OFAC's determination that TradeStation's conduct was non-egregious and was voluntarily self-disclosed.
A global wake-up call to organized fraud
UNODC
Bangkok (Thailand), 17 March 2026 –The Sawyers were never really interested in volatile investing. As their retirement age approached, the idea of a low-risk investment for their pension seemed attractive. But one day, after clicking on a seemingly legitimate online advert that offered a reasonable risk-averse plan, they unlocked a process that would lead them to lose over USD 2.5 million. “The scammer was extraordinarily believable,” Kim Sawyer, former university professor in Melbourne, said. “He had a British accent, used all the right financial market terms and knew how to induce us by appearing credible every time.”
Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime
UK Government
Today, Tuesday 17 March, the UK Government has varied 1 individual, corrected 3 entities and 1 individual and revoked (de-listed) 1 individual under the Russia sanctions regime. Varied Individual:
Corrected entities and individual:Name Unique ID Viacheslav KANTOR RUS1127
Revoked individual:Name Unique ID JSC BBR Bank RUS3080 PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY "TRANSCAPITALBANK" RUS3459 JOINT-STOCK COMMERCIAL BANK FORA-BANK (JOINT-STOCK COMPANY) RUS3464 Nikolay Dmitrievich PESKOV RUS0862 Name Unique ID German BELOUS RUS0846
