US Fines Amazon $130,000 for Allegedly Violating US Sanctions Programs
The Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control fined Amazon more than $130,000 for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions. The company processed online orders sent to a range of sanctioned countries in the Middle East and Asia, and didn't follow reporting…
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requirements for more than 300 transactions done under a Crimea general license, OFAC said Wednesday. The company also processed orders for people “located in or employed by the foreign missions” of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Amazon’s sanctions screening program “failed to fully analyze all transaction and customer data,” which led to gaps in compliance, the U.S. said. The maximum penalty was more than $1 billion, but OFAC said Amazon self-disclosed the violations. Additional mitigating factors included that Amazon hadn't committed a violation in the previous five years, cooperated with the investigation and conducted an internal probe. The company didn't comment Thursday.