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Correct.

I've worked in a company which dealt with user money and it was our duty to figure out if someone opening an account was sanctioned. Which was actually hard because you just have lists of names which can be pretty vague like "John Doe, Florida".




There are services for exactly that check. See Equifax OFAC Alert as an example.


Treasury.gov also offers a free public API




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