Banco Popular de Puerto Rico — $255,937.86 OFAC penalty

OFAC published a $255,937.86 civil penalty against Banco Popular de Puerto Rico on 05/27/2022. It is the #172 largest action in OFAC’s 1,052-entry enforcement chart and #9 of the 14 actions published that year.

The record

Entity, as published by OFACBanco Popular de Puerto Rico
Penalty / settlement amount$255,937.86
Date published by OFAC05/27/2022
Aggregate penalties, settlements or findings1
Rank among all published OFAC actions#172 of 1,052
Rank within 2022#9 of 14
Share of 2022 penalty total0.6%
Statutory maximum penalty$105,295,110.80
Base penalty$426,563
Voluntarily self-disclosedYes
OFAC egregiousness determinationNon-egregious
Sanctions programs named in the releaseVenezuela

Settlement against statutory maximum

OFAC put the statutory maximum civil monetary penalty for this case at $105,295,110.80. The settled amount of $255,937.86 is 0.2% of that maximum, which OFAC's Enforcement Guidelines tie to factors including voluntary self-disclosure and whether the conduct was egregious.

Primary source

OFAC enforcement release: 20220527_bppr.pdf. This page adds no facts beyond that document and OFAC’s published penalty chart.

Comparable 2022 actions

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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.