
US SanctionsAugust 30, 2026
OFAC Investigation: The Three Documents That Decide the Penalty
How an OFAC investigation actually begins
An OFAC investigation rarely opens with anything dramatic. It opens with an administrative subpoena from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), signed by an enforcement officer. The tone is measured. The language is broad: produce information and records concerning transactions of a certain type over a certain...