April 25, 2023

British American Tobacco and its subsidiary BAT Marketing Singapore, will pay penalties totaling more than $629 million for doing business with North Korea, despite stating it was no longer selling tobacco in North Korea, and in violation of the bank fraud statute and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Through this scheme, BAT and BATMS utilized a third party in Singapore to surreptitiously route sales to North Korea. USAO DC, DOJ