Kont Investment Bank

Also Known As: 

Kont Bank

Address: 

Kont Bank Head Office, No. 43, St Bukhara, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Postal code: 734025

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 April 11, 2013, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Owned by Kont Kosmetik, which is owned or controlled by Babak Morteza Zanjani, an Iranian national who allegedly used companies he controlled to assist the Iranian government in evading international sanctions.

Has an authorized capital of 50,000,000 somoni (approximately 10,500,000 USD); reportedly owns Asian Express Airline; officials include Rustam Saidov (board of directors) and Makhmadamin Oymakhmadov (board of directors); affiliated with Kont Trading and Kont Holding; swift code is KONTTJ22; unitary identification code is 0210000212; taxpayer identification number is 0200264531; established in 2011.

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Date Entered: 

July 24, 2013

Date Last Modified: 

January 16, 2016