The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week published three previously issued general licenses under its Libyan Sanctions Regulations. The notice includes the full text of each license.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week added one entry to its Specially Designated Nationals List for counter-terrorism reasons and updated two other entries. Sanctions now apply to Sami Mahmud Mohammed al-Uraydi. OFAC didn’t immediately provide more information and directed questions to the State Department. A State Department spokesperson didn’t comment.

Microsoft will pay more than $3.3 million combined to settle alleged export control and sanctions violations largely related to its foreign subsidiaries, the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a pair of news releases April 6.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned Gary Bodeau, the former president of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies, for his “extensive involvement in corruption.” The agency imposed sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act against Bodeau, who has “created an environment that empowers illegal armed gangs and their supporters to inflict violence on the Haitian people,” said Brian Nelson, the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

The U.S. this week sanctioned Genesis Market, one of the world’s “largest illicit marketplaces,” for illegally selling stolen data, including usernames and passwords. The marketplace is “believed” to be based in Russia, the Office of Foreign Assets Control said, where it operates as one of the “most prominent brokers of stolen credentials and other sensitive information,” including information from U.S. and international companies. Cybercriminals also have used Genesis Market to target the U.S. government, OFAC said.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned Lebanese brothers Raymond Zina Rahme and Teddy Zina Rahme, along with their companies, for corruption and other activities that “contribute to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon.” OFAC said the brothers use United Arab Emirates-based ZR Energy DMCC and Lebanon-based ZR Group Holding SAL and ZR Logistics SAL to win government contracts through a “highly opaque public tendering process.”

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control on April 3 migrated its website to a new domain and launched a redesign of the site, featuring a new “streamlined” landing page, an “enhanced” frequently asked questions search tool, a filter for its sanctions program search and more. The agency said it plans to make “continued improvements to its site in the months and years ahead” and encouraged users to submit feedback by emailing O_F_A_C@treasury.gov.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week published two sets of previously issued general licenses under its Venezuela sanctions regime. The full text of each license appears in the respective notice.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control last week sanctioned Tabacalera del Este, a Paraguay-based cigarette manufacturer, and issued a new general license authorizing certain transactions with the company. OFAC said Tabacalera is owned 50% or more by former Paraguayan President Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara, who was sanctioned by the agency in January for corruption, along with another of his companies, Tabacos USA (see 2301260073).