How much does OFAC know about you; and How Your Constitutional rights apply?

Not much at all.  If they have anything against you to evidence that you violated a law OFAC will not be used; the FBI or other sort of police will be the one talking to you.

OFAC gets the information they use against you from YOU as a main source, they do that after they obliterate your existence under the "so-called"  petition for reconsideration. Keeping in mind that it is a crime to lie to federal agents, you should not  lie to them, AND YOU SHOULD NEVER VOLUNTEER to speak with any federal agent - if they want you to speak to them they MUST GET A WARRANT. OFAC expect you to hand them the rope they will then use to hang you; therefore, your best action is not to talk or deal with them . Do not try to "negotiate" your removal from OFAC SDN list with OFAC; everything you give them will be twisted and used against you, and Courts will ALWAYS side with OFAC OPENLY. Remember,  YOUR PLACEMENT UNDER OFAC SANCTION IS POLITOITICAL and THERE IS NO LAW FOR POLITICS.  

Just do not volunteer to "discuss or negotiate the matter with OFAC or their tails" OFAC is the dog, not the leash holder!

What about Constitutional rights?

The Fifth amendment of the United States DOES NOT APPLY when comes to OFAC. The 5th amendment states "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury," NOP, that is not applicable - OFAC  FIRST destroys you - Then tries to get indictment. OFAC action is "Politics" it requires no indictment, it is not a "criminal procedure", nor it is "civil procedure"; it is OFAC own determination and it is all politics - OFAC is used whenever the government cannot "legally indict you for an alleged wrongdoing". The 5th amendment goes on to say  "nor shall any person be ...  deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"; nonesense, NO DUE PROCESS under OFAC action. YOU ARE GUILTY FIRST, FIRST your assets are seized and your business is closed and destroyed - without a notice! Then you can petition the criminals who destroyed your business to un-destroy it???

The Forth Amendment of the United states Constitution states  "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Yeh-right, the 4th amendment NEVER APPLY TO OFAC.  Your assets will be seized without a warrant, and EVERYTHING you have, including your  papers will be taken without any notice or due-process.  IN-FACT, OFAC will do ALL THEY CAN TO TERRORIZE AND DESTROY YOU and YOUR FAMILY.  In the case of Richard Chichakli, OFAC FORCED TEXAS BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY to revoke Richard's CPA License in order to prevent him from working! That is your Constitution at work within the political framework of corrupt regimes.

LAWYERS are of NO VALUE to OFAC process - your designation is POLITICAL not LEGAL and you are the best to address FAC's criminalities in Federal Courts. In addition, some of the MOST FAMOUS LOFAC LAWYERS are worst than criminals. My personal example is HAL EREN - a so-called lawyer, who happened to be a liar if I give him my best description.  In OFAC's Samar Airline Case, Hal Eren  represented  the two opposing parties AT THE SAME TIME; that is he was representing and taking $120,000 in fee from Samar Airline against Aventura Aviation at the same time and same case. Well, if you guessed that the American Aventura company Won against the Foreign Samar Airlines company - you guessed right. Then Hal Erin,  lied under oath in relation to OFAC related case of Richard Chichakli  (No. 09-CR-1002, SDNY).   Hopefully not all lawyers are Hal Eren alike, because the use of good lawyer is a must if the case worth it, if you cannot write a complaint, and if you can afford having a lawyer.

 If you are just getting fined for buying a great-tasting Cuban cigar, let be it, pay the fine and consider it part of the cost of that fine cigar. If the matter is bigger than a cigar and travel fine, get some professional help.  BUT if your designation by OFAC case is PURE POLITICS avoid wasting money and time; you will NEVER get removed, until you get on your knees and agree to be enslaved by the corrupt politics and regimes.   OFAC clearly states that they seize a person's assets as a "bargaining chip" - Read for yourself this affidavit (Page-3 #10) as it did in this Court document in the Case of Chichakli v. OFAC No. 07-10851 Fifth Circuit  by Adam Szubin - the formal head of OFAC .

Good Lawyers and advocacy groups could help a little, but that will cost you plenty of money, and given that your money is likely to have been frozen already, OFAC got you exactly where they want you--laying helpless.   Therefore, there are few help and support groups, they may be able to help by providing guidance and planning based on the actual experience of people who went through an OFAC ordeal. We are one of the support group, and we also can help through advocacy.

DO NOT TALK TO OFAC OR THE FBI WITHOUT YOUR ATTORNEY PRESENT, you remember that and you shall stay alive.

OFAC does not know much about you or your case!

  • If acceptable criminal evidence against you exists, your case will be handled through the court system. They love publicity

  • If the FBI, Homeland Security, ICE, etc. can prove a thing against you, they will break your door down and drag you instead of knocking on your door and nicely asking you if they can come in. They also love show business

  • If your case could endanger the national security of the United States, you will likely be in Guantanamo Bay. Do not let them scare you

  • DO NOT EXPECT FAIR CONSIDERATION IN A FEDERAL COURT. ALL Federal Judges ARE POLITICALLY APPOINTED, and most of the federal judges are either  politically corrupt, or striving to please the politics for an advanced judicial considerations.  

  • If the FBI agents play nice and friendly and tell you "it is nothing"  you better not trust them. They are asking you as the enemy not as a friend. A man once said, if you see the Lion's teeth do not think that the Lion is smiling at you.