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1 SapherCheck records found for Person Tan, wee beng

Alias WEEBENG TAN
WEE BENG TAN
MARCUS TAN
Weak Alias WB
Profile Type PERSON
Name TAN, WEE BENG
TAN WEE BENG
TAN WEE BENG
WEE BENG TAN
WEE BENG TAN
First Name WEE BENG
WEE BENG
Last Name TAN
TAN
Country SINGAPORE
Nationality SINGAPORE
Birth Date 1977-02-14
Birth-Place SINGAPORE
Position DIRECTOR OF WEE TIONG (S) PTE LTD; MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WT MARINE PTE LTD
COMMODITIES BROKER
First Seen 2023-04-20
Last Seen 2024-10-25
Last Change 2024-10-11
Created At 2018-11-01
Modified At 2024-10-07
Gender MALE
Weight APPROXIMATELY 157 POUNDS
Hair-Color BLACK
Height APPROXIMATELY 5'8"
Eye-Color BROWN
Datasets US SAM PROCUREMENT EXCLUSIONS
US OFAC SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS (SDN) LIST
US FBI MOST WANTED
US TRADE CONSOLIDATED SCREENING LIST (CSL)
WIKIDATA
Address 51 SIANG KUANG AVENUE
Topics CRIME
WANTED
SANCTIONED ENTITY
Notes SINGAPOREAN BUSINESSMAN AND COMMODITY BROKER
TAN WEE BENG IS WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT (IEEPA) BY DOING BUSINESS WITH NORTH KOREAN PROLIFERATION ENTITIES.  TAN WEE BENG IS THE DIRECTOR AND MAJOR SHAREHOLDER OF WEE TIONG (S) PTE LTD, A SINGAPORE-BASED COMMODITIES TRADING COMPANY.  OVER SEVERAL YEARS, DATING BACK TO AT LEAST 2011, TAN WEE BENG AND OTHERS IN HIS COMPANY ALLEGEDLY FULFILLED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMMODITIES CONTRACTS FOR NORTH KOREA.  TO DO SO, TAN WEE BENG ALLEGEDLY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO LAUNDER MONEY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES AND SINGAPOREAN FINANCIAL SYSTEMS BY CONCEALING PAYMENT ORIGINS AND STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS TO AVOID REGULATOR SCRUTINY.  IN SOME CASES, WHEN WIRE PAYMENTS WERE REJECTED, TAN WEE BENG AND WEE TIONG (S) PTE LTD ORCHESTRATED PAYMENT IN BULK CASH, OFTEN HAND-DELIVERED BY NORTH KOREANS.  OVER THIS PERIOD, TAN WEE BENG AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS ALSO ALLEGEDLY KNEW OF AND TOOK EFFORTS TO EVADE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS.  ON AUGUST 29, 2018, A FEDERAL ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR TAN WEE BENG IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE IEEPA, BANK FRAUD, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MONEY LAUNDERING, AND CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES.
TAN WEE BENG IS KNOWN TO LIVE IN SINGAPORE.
NCIC: W004707803
SourceUrl https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=25686
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence/tan-wee-beng

2 Sanctions

Sanction Caption SDN List
Sanction Datasets US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List
Sanction First Seen 2023-04-20
Sanction Last Change 2024-06-23
Sanction Last Seen 2024-10-25
Sanction Properties Authority: Office of Foreign Assets Control

Authority ID: 25686

Country: United States

Entity: Q57773947

Program: SDN List

Provisions: DPRK
Block

Reason: Executive Order 13551 (North Korea)

Source URL: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/default.aspx

Summary: Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214
Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210

Sanction Caption Reciprocal
Sanction Datasets US SAM Procurement Exclusions
Sanction First Seen 2024-06-14
Sanction Last Change 2024-06-14
Sanction Last Seen 2024-10-25
Sanction Properties Authority: TREAS-OFAC

Authority ID: S4MR6Z8CX

Start Date: 2018-10-25
Listing Date: 2018-11-01
Country: United States

Entity: Q57773947

Program: Reciprocal

Provisions: Prohibition/Restriction

Source URL: https://sam.gov/data-services/Exclusions/Public%20V2?privacy=Public

Summary: PII data has been masked from view