OFAC Sanctions Congo Supporter of Sanctioned Billionaire

The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Alain Mukonda and 12 companies linked to Mukonda for providing support to sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler, OFAC said Dec. 6. Mukonda and the companies are based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

OFAC said Mukonda has opened bank accounts and made payments into proxy bank accounts for Gertler, including 16 cash deposits totaling between $11 million and $13.5 million dollars. Mukonda also re-domiciled several of Gertler’s companies from Gibraltar and the British Virgin Islands to the Congo, the agency said.