US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions yesterday against Venezuela's Vice President Tarek El Aissami and his primary frontman in the US. His assets in the US were seized (bank accounts, corporations, real property), and US nationals and entities prohibited to trade with them.
The sanction was imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury by designating him as a "Specially Designated National" (SDN). See explanation about SDNs
The Club understands that the sanction is only affecting this person, and not any other Venezuelan interest or Venezuelan state-owned assets in the US.
There is a press release of the US Department of Treasury
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has continued to focus on international shipping as a means to implement the Iranian sanctions program and has now turned its attention to the bunkering of vessels engaged in Iranian trade or involving Iranian vessels.
