Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) Check
Regulated financial institutions, including pawnbrokers, are required by federal law to regularly compare their customer names to the SDN List maintained by the US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
The SDN List contains thousands of names and aliases of individuals that have been designated by the Treasury Department as known terrorists and/or drug traffickers.
Failure to report matches to Treasury can result in large fines and criminal prosecution, and consulting the SDN List can be tedious, burdensome and expensive for businesses.
As a free service to businesses reporting transactions to law enforcement agencies via LeadsOnline, customer names are automatically checked against the current SDN List. By “current”, we mean the list Treasury updated today. A report of any potential matches is available to the reporting business.
With this information, businesses are then able to determine whether or not the customer is actually the person Treasury has identified on the List.
The National Pawnbrokers Association provides a comprehensive Compliance Guidance Manual to its members. Call the NPA at 888.808.7296.
To contact OFAC with questions, or for information regarding how to handle a potential name match, please call the OFAC hotline at 800.540.6322 or via email to ofac.feedback@do.treas.gov
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