Overview
- Federal officials served OFAC Requests for Information to Hasan Piker and Medea Benjamin on Saturday seeking financial, travel and communications records tied to the Nuestra América Convoy that visited Cuba in March.
- Investigators are testing whether participants financed travel, coordinated deliveries, or made prohibited contacts with Cuban government-linked entities or stayed at properties on the State Department’s Cuba Restricted List.
- Piker and Benjamin have denied wrongdoing and described the mission as a humanitarian aid effort that delivered medical supplies to Cuban hospitals.
- Legal experts note an OFAC administrative subpoena is not a criminal charge and the matter could remain a civil enforcement case, though Justice Department involvement or evidence of willful violations could bring criminal exposure.
- Reporting says the inquiry is interagency, involving Treasury, Justice and State officials, may widen to dozens of Americans, and has drawn attention to networks tied to businessman Neville Roy Singham.