Ericsson Settles OFAC Charge of Violating Sudan Sanctions

Posted 7/6/18

Ericsson, Inc. (EUS) of Plano, Texas, and Ericsson, AB (EAB) of Stockholm, Sweden, agreed June 6, 2018, to pay Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) a $145,893 civil penalty to settle …

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