It can also be false positive, the compliance departments use specialized software do a non-exact match since it’s not a straightforward process because countries use different alphabets, address systems, naming conventions etc. So they identify potential risky clients and someone does an assessment and if they think that it could be a real match they pull the trigger.
Sometimes your names is Ahmad, other times it’s Yuri and and the life is not easy for you.
> On the day Mr. Stjepanovic and SIS were blacklisted, Apple ran the new designations against its app developer account holder names. But the company’s sanctions-screening tool failed to identify SIS as a blacklisted entity because Apple’s system listed the company as “SIS DOO,” rather than “SIS d.o.o” on OFAC’s list, according to the agreement.
Let's see how Apple reacts.
Think in terms of apple employees.
If you over blacklist, then okay that is not ok. That is bad.
If you decide to under-blacklist, you might actually end up in jail for a long time.
So, over blacklisting it is.