OFAC News

Russia has launched a criminal case against the founders of the anonymous payment system UAPS and Cryptex just days after OFAC imposed sanctions. Russian authorities have opened a criminal probe into the founders of the anonymous payment system UAPS and…

Supporters of Sweden’s largest neo-Nazi group donated crypto via centralized exchanges and mining pools, blockchain investigators say. The Nordic Resistance Movement, the largest neo-Nazi group in Sweden which was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign…

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Russian national working at Polyus, Russia’s largest state-owned gold producer for being involved in a complex crypto laundering scheme. The U.S. Department of Treasury on Jan. 12 announced another package of sanctions against 300…

Treasury’s OFAC has sanctioned the Russian developer of LockBit, who transferred crypto to various illicit services, including sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex, Chainalysis says. Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian developer of the ransomware program called LockBit which has been recently sanctioned by…

OFAC designated social media news outlet Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash for crypto fundraising efforts aimed at supporting Hamas. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alongside the U.K.’s Office of Foreign Sanctions…

OFAC has sanctioned entities aiding IRGC-QF, Houthis, and Hezbollah, targeting financial networks, including Lebanese money exchanger Tawfiq Muhammad Sa’id al-Law. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against six entities, one individual, and…

Treasury Department has sanctioned Russian providers of digital financial assets, saying many of the designated entities offered services that helped evade sanctions. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 13 entities and two…

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned entities for illegally exporting technology to Iran, including one that developed Iran’s central bank digital currency platform. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release that on Feb.…

Ex-CIA contractor and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has urged to support the legal defense fund for the Tornado Cash developer. In an X post on Jan. 23, Edward Snowden called for support for the legal defense fund of Roman Storm,…

Illicit cryptocurrency addresses received $24.2 billion in 2023, showing a decrease from the estimated $39.6 billion in 2022, as per Chainalysis. In 2023, the value received by illicit crypto totaled $24.2 billion representing nearly a 39% decrease from the 2022…

American token sale platform CoinList has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle charges from the U.S. Department of Justice’s enforcement branch. According to a statement published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Dec. 13,…

Tether stated the new policy will prevent sanctioned individuals and organizations present in OFAC’s SDN list.

OFAC targets Ekaterina Zhdanova for laundering over $100m via crypto, evading sanctions for Russian oligarchs and aiding ransomware affiliates.

The web3 protocol said its decision followed legal guidance from the U.S. Treasury while debunking unverified reports of restrictions on non-sanctioned countries.

The DOJ unveiled eight indictments against Chinese firms for fentanyl distribution. They may have used crypto to hide their identities

The Lazarus Group, known for its cybercriminal activities, has shifted its focus to Garantex, an OFAC-sanctioned exchange, to trade stolen assets for bitcoin (BTC).