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OFAC is designating Aurum’s managing director, Chiranjeev Kumar Singh, and a shell company, Peridot Shipping and Trading LLC. Following the Triple Success’ identification, Singh and Aurum worked with Abdi Nasir Ali Mahamud to provide critical support to the vessel;
Turkey-based Houthi-affiliate Abdi Nasir Ali Mahamud, a key business partner of Sa’id al-Jamal, acts as a financial intermediary and has coordinated the smuggling of petrochemicals for the network. Mahamud has leveraged his position as managing director of UAE-based Adoon General Trading FZE to facilitate the transfer of millions of dollars on behalf of Sa’id al-Jamal. Mahamud is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Sa’id al-Jamal;
Chiranjeev Kumar Singh is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Aurum Ship Management FZC;
Peridot Shipping and Trading LLC is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or indirectly, Chiranjeev Kumar Singh;
India-, Singapore-, and UAE-based Aurum Ship Management FZC (Aurum) has generated millions of dollars in profit while managing ships connected to al-Jamal and Mahamud, including the St. Kitts and Nevis-flagged Light Moon, formerly known as the Three, and the Triple Success, which Treasury previously identified as a vessel in which al-Jamal has an interest. Employees of Aurum have bribed flagging authorities to ignore sanctions-evasion activities by ships in the al-Jamal network. Aurum has also managed ships transferring oil to Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen;
Aurum Ship Management FZC is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Abdi Nasir Ali Mahamud;
The al-Jamal- and Mahamud-owned Light Moon, which has been used to illicitly ship petroleum products, has sought to disguise its activities by turning off its Automatic Identification System (AIS), an internationally accepted maritime safety system, while conducting operations. The Light Moon is being identified pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, as property in which Abdi Nasir Ali Mahamud has an interest;
Aurum Marine Management Services P. LTD- An Indian based private tanker company. This company knowingly transported Iranian petroleum-based products several times, using its tanker fleet;
The company also operates through an UAE company named Aurum ship management FZC;
Profits from oil sales support the IRGC’s full range of nefarious activities, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, support for terrorism, and a variety of human rights abuses, at home and abroad;
According to the U.S. Treasury Department – Individuals and entities engaged in certain transactions involving petroleum or petroleum products from Iran or certain Iran-related persons on the SDN List should be aware that engaging in such conduct may result in designation or other sanctions under U.S. sanctions authorities unless an exception applies. Those who knowingly engage in significant transactions for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran — or knowingly provide significant support to an Iranian person on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List), such as the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) — are at serious risk of being targeted by the United States for sanctions, regardless of the location or nationality of those engaging in such activities. Further, persons providing bunkering services to vessels transporting petroleum or petroleum products from Iran risk being subject to sanctions unless an applicable waiver or exception applies.The United States continues to take strong action to deny the Government of Iran funds derived from the illicit exportation of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran;
Companies Associated With:
CATS EYE TRADING AND TRANSPORTINGPRIVATE LIMITED – Director – 02 March 2020
PERIDOT REALTY PRIVATE LIMITED – Director – 14 February 2020
AURUM MARINE MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED – Director – 11 November 2015
This fleet includes the following tankers:
Reem 2 – IMO: 8915119
Reem 3 – IMO: 9004815
Reem 6 – IMO: 9516715
Reem 7 – IMO: 9405617
Reem 9 – IMO: 9347102
Free Sea – IMO: 9257503
MERCURY – IMO:- 9102502
TRIPLE SUCCESS – IMO:- 9167148
GREEN BELT – IMO:- 9004621
RISING SUN – IMO:- 9347102
REEM 7 – IMO:- 9405617
RISING PHOENIX – IMO:- 9516715
REEM 3 – IMO:- 9004815
REEM 1 – IMO:- 9687631
MT REEM 2 – IMO:- 8915110
Industry:
Shipping Industry
Also Known As:
Singh, Cheeranjeev Kumar
Born:
01 Mar 1979
Country:
India
Address:
Muzaffarpur, India
United Arab Emirates
Website:
www.aurumship.com
E-mail:
info@aurumship.com
Passport:
Z3727315 (India) expires 22 Jul 2027 (individual)
Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on February 23, 2022 pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Aurum Ship Management FZC;
» Foreign Maritime shipping companies knowingly support Iranian efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions;
» OFAC Advisory to the Maritime Petroleum Shipping Community – September 4, 2019;