The self-style majority bloc, by all indication, chose to ignore the US government’s warning that they would not do business with CLLR, a licensed Liberian lawyer. Varney Sherman. The bloc, led by Rep. Richard Nagbe Kuhn, reportedly was placed under the radar of the US government’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) because he was doing business with men who were obsessed with economic and political manipulation.
Sources have shown from Supreme Court majority members as key lawyers for Kuhn and CO, OFAC is scrutinizing the actions of members of the self-proclaimed majority group for potential violations of 2020 US sanctions.
US sanctions prohibit authorized individuals and individuals engaged in certain transactions from facing potential sanctions or enforcement actions. According to the report, OFAC raised concerns after the CLLR. Sherman filed a petition challenging the Supreme Court’s declaration, which is considered to be the removal of the CLLR. Fonati Koffa is unconstitutional as the legitimate chairman of the House of Representatives.
His petition, Cllr. Sherman also accused the majority of judges of the Supreme Court of Justice to fire each, accusing them of inciting the country of chaos and instability. The role of OFAC is to manage and enforce economic and trade sanctions in conjunction with the interests of US national security and foreign policy.
Sanctions primarily target Americans, but also address the possibility that non-Americans may violate US sanctions.
The meaning of sanctions
As a result of these recent developments, property and profits on the property of authorized parties within the United States or under US control must be blocked and reported to OFAC.
Additionally, entities owned directly or indirectly by blocked individuals are also subject to blocking measures. Americans are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions that include the property or profit of a sanctioned individual, with few exceptions.
Additionally, individuals or entities involved in dealing with designated individuals may face sanctions or enforcement actions in themselves.
Furthermore, unless exceptions apply, foreign financial institutions that promote important transactions for designated individuals could potentially be subject to US sanctions.
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Sherman, a well-known lawyer, former Liberian Senator and former chairman of the Liberian Senate Judiciary Committee, was involved in a variety of unethical practices, including providing bribes to judges related to the 2010 bribery case.
He also reportedly had a conflict of interest with a judge who acquitted him in July 2019. Sherman is engaged in the practice of paying judges who pay trials in his favor, and he has been accused of promoting payments to politicians in support of judges’ perch against him, the US government said in its designation.
In 2016, Sherman was charged by the Liberian government along with several other government officials for his involvement in a US$950,000 bribery scheme. In 2019, the judge acquitted all individuals accused of being involved in the bribery scheme. Shaman’s bribery practices present a larger pattern of behavior to exercise influence over the Liberian Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice.
Sherman has been designated as a foreign employee who has conspired in corrupt activities such as misappropriation of national assets, benefits of private assets, corruption of government contracts, extraction of natural resources, or bribery.
