Kang

I. Background

19 According to Plaintiff’s complaint, Plaintiff went to a car dealership in Huntington Beach, 20 California to buy a car. After he selected the car that he wanted to buy, Plaintiff applied for a car 21 loan from the dealership. The dealership, in deciding whether to extend credit to Plaintiff, ordered 22 from Defendant at least two consumer reports about Plaintiff. Defendant then prepared the 23 consumer reports and sold them to the dealership. Defendant included false information on the 24 consumer reports that suggested that Plaintiff was designated by the Office of Foreign Assets 25 Control (“OFAC”) as a “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” associated with 26 North Korea.

28 OFAC is an executive agency of the United States Department of the Treasury that administers and enforces economic trade sanctions based on United States foreign policy and national security goals against threats to national security, foreign policy, and the national economy. See Office of Foreign Assets Control v. Voices in Wilderness, 329 F. Supp. 2d 71, 74 (D.D.C. 2004); see also Office of Foreign Assets Control – Sanctions Programs and…