# FDIC FIL-2-2004: Foreign Assets Control Act > Federal · Agency guidance · Superseded URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL04002 ## Section - **Citation:** FDIC FIL-2-2004 - **Heading:** Foreign Assets Control Act - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Agency guidance - **Status:** Superseded - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** FDIC Financial Institution Letters / Foreign Assets Control Act ## Text Foreign Assets Control Act BSA/AML, OFAC and Fraud January 8, 2004 Share on Facebook Share on X Share on X Follow the FDIC on LinkedIn Share through email Print TO: EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to BSA Compliance Officer) SUBJECT: Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Summary: The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has amended several entries listed as Foreign Terrorist Organizations on its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. OFAC also has designated two foreign entities subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations. On December 24, 2003, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended several Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) entries on its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN). The list of edited entries is attached. OFAC has been notified by the Secretary of State that the following foreign entities have been designated as being subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations (Title 31 Part 539 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations): MIKROSAM, wherever located, including 7500 Prilep, Macedonia SAMAKOSKI, Blagoja, nationality Macedonian (individual) OFAC has asked that we distribute the information to all FDIC-supervised institutions so records can be checked for accounts that are required to be blocked. OFAC information also may be found on the Internet at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information . Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution. For more information about Executive Orders, the list of blocked accounts or the procedures to block accounts, please call OFAC’s Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322 . For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC’s Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2004/index.html mation to the appropriate personnel in your institution. For more information about Executive Orders, the list of blocked accounts or the procedures to block accounts, please call OFAC’s Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322 . For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC’s Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2004/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html . Michael J. Zamorski Director Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection # # # Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings) NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 ( 1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200 ). FIL-2-2004 Attachment(s) The following "[FTO][SDGT]" entries have been changed on OFAC's SDN list ## Nearby sections - [FDIC FIL-1-2002 FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL ACT](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL02001.md) - [FDIC FIL-1-2010 Employee Compensation Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL10001.md) - [FDIC FIL-1-2015 DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION REPORTS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL15001.md) - [FDIC FIL-1-2018 DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION REPORTS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL18001.md) - [FDIC FIL-1-2024 Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for Fourth Quarter 2023](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL24001.md) - [FDIC FIL-2-2019 DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION REPORTS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL19002.md) - [FDIC FIL-2-2020 Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for Fourth Quarter 2019](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL20002.md) - [FDIC FIL-3-2017 Community Banking Conference 2016 Highlights](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL17003.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2015 The FDIC Launches Web Page to Support Marketing of Failing Financial Institutions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL15004.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2018 Revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) for March and June 2018](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL18004.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2019 Banker Webinar: Update on the Standardized Export of Imaged Loan Documents Initiative](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL19004.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2021 Revised Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL21004.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2023 Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of California Affected by Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL23004.md) - [FDIC FIL-4-2025 FDIC Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL25004.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FDIC_FIL04002. 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