OFAC enforcement actions in 2019

OFAC published 22 civil penalties, settlements and findings of violation in 2019, totalling $1,289,027,059. The largest was Standard Chartered Bank at $657,040,033 on 04/09/2019.

22actions in 2019
$1.29Btotal penalties
$657.04Mlargest action
$466.91Kmedian action

OFAC published 22 actions in 2019 totalling $1,289,027,059, against 7 actions totalling $71,510,561 in 2018 — a rise of 1703% in total penalties.

Every 2019 OFAC enforcement action

DateEntityViolationsPenalty (USD)
01/31/2019e.l.f. Cosmetics 1$996,080
02/07/2019KollMorgen 1$13,381
02/14/2019AppliChem 1$5,512,564
02/21/2019ZAG IP 1$506,250
03/27/2019Stanley Black and Decker 1$1,869,144
04/09/2019Standard Chartered Bank 2$657,040,033
04/11/2019Acteon Group 2$441,366
04/15/2019UniCredit Bank 3$611,023,421
04/25/2019Haverly Systems 1$75,375
05/02/2019MID-SHIP Group 1$871,837
06/07/2019Western Union 1$401,697
06/13/2019Expedia 1$325,406
06/13/2019Hotel Beds 1$222,705
06/13/2019Cubasphere 1$40,320
08/06/2019PACCAR Inc. 1$1,709,325
08/16/2019Atradius Trade Credit Insurance, Inc. 1$345,315
09/17/2019British Arab Commercial Bank plc 1$4,000,000
10/01/2019The General Electric Company 1$2,718,581
11/07/2019Apollo Aviation Group, LLC 1$210,600
11/25/2019Apple, Inc 1$466,912
12/09/2019Allianz Global Risks U.S. Insurance Company 1$170,535
12/09/2019ACE Limited 1$66,212

“Violations” is OFAC’s aggregate count of penalties, settlements or findings of violation for that entry. ↗ opens OFAC’s enforcement release.

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Source. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control — Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information. Retrieved 2026-07-26. Works of the U.S. federal government are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).

This compilation is published by SanctionsAI under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: SanctionsAI, “OFAC Civil Penalties Database”, 2026, https://sanctionsai.dev/enforcement.

Not legal or compliance advice. This page reproduces figures published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. OFAC’s own enforcement release is the authoritative record; where this page and OFAC differ, OFAC is correct. Consult qualified counsel for advice on any specific matter.