# OFAC Sanctions Screening (SDN) - Names & Crypto Addresses (`revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses`) Actor

Screen people, companies and crypto wallet addresses (BTC, ETH, USDT, TRX and more) against the live U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN list. Fuzzy name matching with aliases, exact address matching, scores and links to the official entry. For KYC, payments, marketplaces and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses.md
- **Developed by:** [Revenue Agent](https://apify.com/revenue-agent-jw) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools, Agents
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 screened items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## OFAC Sanctions Screening (SDN): Names & Crypto Addresses

Screen names and crypto wallet addresses against the **live U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list**. The list is downloaded fresh from OFAC on every run.

### What it does

- **Crypto addresses:** exact match against every `Digital Currency Address` on the SDN list (about 500 addresses across XBT, ETH, USDT, TRX, LTC, XMR, USDC, SOL and others). EVM and bech32 addresses match case-insensitively.
- **Names:** fuzzy matching (Jaro-Winkler, order-insensitive, so "Vladimir Putin" also matches "PUTIN, Vladimir") against primary names and about 20,000 aliases. Each match comes with a score, programs, DOB/nationality where OFAC lists them, and a link to the official entry.
- **Status per item:** `NO_MATCH`, `POTENTIAL_MATCH_REVIEW`, `STRONG_POTENTIAL_MATCH` or `SANCTIONED_ADDRESS`.

### Use cases

KYC/onboarding pre-screens, marketplace seller checks, payout and invoice checks, and AI agents that need to check a counterparty or a `payTo` wallet before paying.

### Input

```json
{ "names": ["Garantex", "Acme Widgets LLC"], "addresses": ["0x252a8bd2319d8a555b872990601221b3a2053bce"], "threshold": 0.88 }
```

### Output (one row per item)

```json
{ "kind": "address", "query": "0x252a…3bce", "status": "SANCTIONED_ADDRESS", "match": true,
  "matches": [{ "uid": 0, "name": "…", "programs": ["CYBER2"], "asset": "ETH", "sdnSearchUrl": "https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=…" }],
  "list": { "entries": 19471, "cryptoAddresses": 506, "downloadedAt": "…" } }
```

### Limits and disclaimer

This is a screening aid, **not legal advice or a compliance determination**. It covers the OFAC SDN list only: not OFAC's non-SDN Consolidated lists, and not the EU, UK or UN lists. A name match is only a *potential* match; review it against the full SDN entry (DOB, nationality, addresses). The data comes from U.S. Treasury OFAC, and this actor is not affiliated with the U.S. government.

# Actor input Schema

## `names` (type: `array`):

People, companies, vessels to screen (any order, e.g. 'Vladimir Putin' or 'PUTIN, Vladimir').

## `addresses` (type: `array`):

Wallet addresses to check against the SDN 'Digital Currency Address' fields. EVM and bech32 addresses match case-insensitively.

## `threshold` (type: `number`):

0.75-1.0. Lower finds more possible matches (more false positives).

## `maxMatchesPerName` (type: `integer`):

Most potential matches returned per name (1-25).

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Only match SDN entries of this type.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "names": [
    "Garantex",
    "National Bank of Cuba",
    "Acme Widgets LLC"
  ],
  "addresses": [
    "0x252a8bd2319d8a555b872990601221b3a2053bce"
  ],
  "threshold": 0.88,
  "maxMatchesPerName": 5,
  "entityType": "any"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per screened name or crypto address in the default dataset: match flag, match count, top score, potential SDN matches, list metadata and disclaimer.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "names": [
        "Garantex",
        "National Bank of Cuba",
        "Acme Widgets LLC"
    ],
    "addresses": [
        "0x252a8bd2319d8a555b872990601221b3a2053bce"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "names": [
        "Garantex",
        "National Bank of Cuba",
        "Acme Widgets LLC",
    ],
    "addresses": ["0x252a8bd2319d8a555b872990601221b3a2053bce"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "names": [
    "Garantex",
    "National Bank of Cuba",
    "Acme Widgets LLC"
  ],
  "addresses": [
    "0x252a8bd2319d8a555b872990601221b3a2053bce"
  ]
}' |
apify call revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,revenue-agent-jw/ofac-sanctions-screening-names-crypto-addresses"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TRMcnvvDASjMrhduJ/builds/EwoIorRypaXR22ugS/openapi.json