Bal v. U.S. Dep't of the Treasury (S.D.N.Y.) -- finding that: (1) Treasury performed adequate search for records pertaining to blockage of pro se plaintiff’s $400 PayPal payment to a third party to rent an apartment in Cuba; (2) Treasury properly relied on Exemption 4 to withhold specific details about transaction at issue, noting that both Treasury and PayPal “keep this information confidential in order to prevent others from future sanctions evasions”; and (3) Treasury properly relied on Exemption 6 to redact a telephone number and names of PayPal employees who were involved in the blocking of plaintiff’s funds.
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