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OFAC Sanctions & Schools: The $1.7 Million IMG Academy Settlement Explained
When Elite Sports Meets International Sanctions.
In this episode, we break down a shocking enforcement action from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). IMG Academy, the world-renowned athletic training facility in Bradenton, Florida, has agreed to a $1,720,000 settlement for apparent violations of counternarcotics sanctions.
What happened? Between 2018 and 2022, IMG Academy entered into yearly tuition contracts with two individuals—referred to as SDN 1 and SDN 2—who were sanctioned for their ties to a Mexican drug cartel. Despite the individuals using…
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