White Birch settlement with OFAC for violating Sudan sanctions

BD White Birch Investment LLC (White Birch USA), a company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, has agreed to pay OFAC $372,465 to settle allegations that it violated the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations by having facilitated the sale and shipment of 543.952 metric tons of Canadian-origin paper from Canada to Sudan with a value of $354,602.26 in April and December 2013.

The enforcement action reinforces certain compliance obligations for US persons, including US parent corporations that maintain subsidiaries located outside of the United States, and their US person employees. For the full enforcement information, released on 5 October 2017, click here.