Notable Examples Illustrating the Operation of the "Interest" Concept as Applied to Accounts and Funds in Accounts (System Ed. Note)

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Apr. 03 2025

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TURBOFAC Commentary (2401 words)

Examples Illustrating the Operation of the “Interest" Concept as Applied to Accounts and Funds in Accounts

1) Where a blocked person has the "authority to use [ ] affiliated companies' [ ] accounts as pledged assets," OFAC will consider the accounts to be property in which the blocked person has an interest, in addition to all transactions/funds that pass through the accounts. This is so that even where the blocked person does not own the affiliated company, the affiliated company is not otherwise blocked. Civil Enforcement Information - UniCredit Bank AG (Settlement 1 of 3 in web post).

2) A blocked bank has an "interest" in all funds on deposit with the bank, irrespective of whether the deposits are "general" or "special" (for the latter type, "the bank becomes the bailee of the depositor, the title of the thing deposited remaining with the latter").