The list of people and businesses the government prevents banks from  dealing with just got a little longer. 
This month, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control prohibited  banks from lending to people buying land or goods seized by the Cuban   government after the 1959 communist-led takeover.   
  
The office, which is best known for its rules preventing banks from  doing business with firms in Iraq and North Korea, has come under fire   lately. Bankers charge that its list of prohibited firms is too long and   that the penalties for a slip are too severe. The office collected $1.6   million in fines last year, Treasury officials said.       
Updated information from the agency is available on the World Wide Web  at http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/services/fac/fac.html, or via fax at   202-622-0077.