Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
Coverage of Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Nexus archive.
- How a Rhodes Scholar with ties to Cuba's president organized the convoy that brought Hasan Piker to Havana
A Rhodes Scholar with ties to Cuba's president, David Adler, organized the 'Nuestra América Convoy' that brought Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and others to Havana. The U.S. Treasury Department is investigating Piker, CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, and others for Cuba-related activities linked to the convoy and Progressive International, an organization led by Adler.
- Feds subpoena Hasan Piker, Medea Benjamin over Cuba trips
Federal officials have subpoenaed Marxist influencer Hasan Piker and CodePink cofounder Susan Medea Benjamin as part of an investigation into potential violations of U.S. sanctions laws related to their March 2023 Cuba trips. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is examining whether activists coordinated with Cuban government entities or financed support for the island's communist regime through the 'Nuestra América Convoy' delegation.