2024-5-2 10:29 |
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s OFAC has sanctioned a Russian one-way attack UAV developer, which solicited donations in crypto on Telegram. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 1 sanctioned nearly 300… origin »
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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…
2024-3-28 10:03 | |
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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…
2024-3-26 11:05 | |
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OFAC has sanctioned two Russians involved in a pro-Kremlin influence campaign, while Chainalysis found that at least one of them received funds from crypto exchange Garantex. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions…
2024-3-22 16:23 | |
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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.…
2024-2-15 11:36 | |
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In a significant move to combat sanctions evasion and illicit financial activities, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Ekaterina Zhdanova, a Russian national allegedly involved in laundering and transferring funds using crypto on behalf of Russian elites.
2023-11-4 05:00 | |
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The U. S. Department of the Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Russian businesswoman on Nov. 3. The agency said that Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova helped the country’s elites launder and move funds using virtual currency and other methods.
2023-11-3 22:40 | |
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OFAC targets Ekaterina Zhdanova for laundering over $100m via crypto, evading sanctions for Russian oligarchs and aiding ransomware affiliates.
2023-11-4 21:30 | |
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The web3 protocol said its decision followed legal guidance from the U.S. Treasury while debunking unverified reports of restrictions on non-sanctioned countries.
2023-11-1 23:33 | |
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The U. S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Gaza-based crypto broker “Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company (Buy Cash)” and its operator, Ahmed M.
2023-10-19 21:40 | |
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The US Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned individuals and entities connected to Hamas, targeting their financial networks spanning multiple regions and emphasizing the crackdown on terror-related cryptocurrency transactions.
2023-10-19 20:08 | |
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The collaborative efforts of the U. K. HM Treasury Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the U. S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have achieved another breakthrough in the battle against cybercrime.
2023-9-8 17:03 | |
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The popular crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which facilitates the anonymity of transactions, has lost a lawsuit over the US Treasury Department’s sanctions. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had accused the mixer one year ago of money laundering.
2023-8-19 20:40 | |
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The Blockchain Association and DeFi Education Fund have filed an amicus brief calling the U. S. Treasury Department’s decision to sanction Tornado Cash “unprecedented and unlawful. ” Until OFAC imposed sanctions, Tornado Cash was the most popular privacy-protecting tool on Ethereum, the world’s second-largest digital asset platform.
2023-6-3 00:30 | |
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The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned several addresses linked to North Korean cybercrime on May 23. Six wallets sanctioned OFAC sanctioned six crypto addresses belonging to North Korean national Kim Sang Man, who was involved in cyber activities and fraudulent IT worker job placements that generated revenue for North Korea’s government […] The post North Korean crypto wallets sanctioned; Binance says it helped Treasury seize $4.4M appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-5-25 01:45 | |
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The Binance-hosted wallets received more than $2 million worth of various cryptocurrencies that were then sent on to North Korean entities, OFAC alleged
2023-5-24 18:25 | |
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The U. S. Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on various entities with ties to Russia on May 19. Treasury sanctions new crypto address OFAC has sanctioned several entities including Huriya Private FZ LLE, a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
2023-5-20 00:27 | |
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The Poloniex crypto exchange has agreed to pay $7.6 million to settle claims that it permitted users in sanctioned nations to trade digital assets on its platform. According to an announcement by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…
2023-5-2 13:25 | |
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Crypto exchange Poloniex will remit $7.59 million to settle sanctions violations allegations with the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the sanctions watchdog announced Monday.
2023-5-2 21:22 | |
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned three individuals for using illegal financing and illicit cyber activity to support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
2023-4-25 01:57 | |
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The US Treasury Department sanctioned three individuals for their links to the DPRK regime These individuals in some way helped the regime launder stolen/illicit cryptocurrencies The United The post All about the latest sanctions placed by the US OFAC on these BTC addresses appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-4-24 19:15 | |
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a division of the US Treasury Department, has taken aggressive action against five individuals living in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and in Guatemala.
2023-4-15 00:50 | |
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As part of its broader efforts to combat illicit financing, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted cryptocurrency addresses to disrupt the flow of funds from the US to these sanctioned entities.
2023-2-1 23:00 | |
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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), its sanctions watchdog, has blacklisted a bitcoin and an ether address tied to sanctions evasion.
2023-2-2 20:04 | |
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The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed full blocking sanctions on 22 individuals and entities across several countries, including Russia and Cyprus, as part of its sanctions evasion network that supports Russia's military-industrial complex.
2023-2-1 19:28 | |
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department announced in a statement on Monday that it has achieved an agreement with the crypto exchange Kraken regarding serving Iranian customers.
2022-11-29 12:58 | |
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The U.S.-based crypto exchange agreed to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal “to settle its potential civil liability” related to violating sanctions against Iran.
2022-11-29 22:13 | |
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Treasury’s Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have set charges against the Bittrex crypto exchange for violating anti-money laundering rules and the other U.
2022-10-13 08:51 | |
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The advocacy group alleged OFAC “exceeded their statutory authority” in sanctioning Tornado Cash because the mixer was a “privacy tool beyond the control of anyone.”
2022-10-13 22:00 | |
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Crypto think tank Coin Center has been one of the most critical voices against the U. S. Treasury and the sanctions imposed on the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Tornado Cash. The platform was sanctioned by the U.
2022-10-13 21:44 | |
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Coin Center has filed suit against the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over its decision to sanction Tornado Cash. Coin Center Sues OFAC The Treasury’s Office of...
2022-10-13 20:01 | |
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Bittrex agreed to pay more than $29 million in a settlement with FinCEN, but the regulator said it will credit a $24-million payment “to settle its potential liability with OFAC.”
2022-10-12 20:00 | |
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On August 8, the U.S Treasury added Tornado Cash to its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list. The post Op-ed: Bitcoin layer 2 Statechains gaining recognition as the reality of privacy erosion sets in appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-9-17 21:10 | |
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The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned ten people and two entities connected to "conducting malicious cyber acts, including ransomware activity," it announced today.
2022-9-15 22:30 | |
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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) updated its "frequently asked questions" document Tuesday to tell Tornado Cash users they can recover their locked funds by applying for a license, among other issues.
2022-9-14 18:58 | |
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The firm laid out a legal argument against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions targeting base layer participants such as miners and validators.
2022-9-10 23:17 | |
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The Treasury’s sanctions watchdog, OFAC, exceeded its authority in blacklisting smart contract wallets, plaintiffs allege in a new suit.
2022-9-8 16:17 | |
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The U.S. Treasurys decision to sanction a piece of software presents a divergence from previous OFAC precedent, claims Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN). Sanctions Questioned A U.S. lawmaker is questioning the...
2022-8-24 18:55 | |
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U.S Congressman Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) asked the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) to explain its sanctioning of privacy mixer Tornado Cash.
2022-8-24 18:05 | |
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Blacklisted Tornado Cash has gained a powerful ally: the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). According to the EFF, the sanctions levied by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) against the Ethereum-based mixer threaten the very idea that code is speech.
2022-8-17 23:54 | |
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The Treasury dropped a bombshell this week when itannouncedthat OFAC had sanctioned Ethereums top mixing tool, Tornado Cash. It should go without saying that the implications of this move are...
2022-8-12 23:07 | |
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned popular cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash and blacklisted a list of associated Ethereum addresses.
2022-8-10 20:46 | |
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Per a press release, the U. S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Tornado Cash, a decentralized exchange (DEX). The institution added the website tornado. cash, the entities associated, and several Ethereum-based addresses to their Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN).
2022-8-8 19:35 | |
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Alessio Evangelista, the associate director for Enforcement at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said “too often” crypto service providers have opted to keep their head in the sand about blatantly suspect wallets “right up until the day of an OFAC designation or criminal indictment.”
2022-5-20 19:37 | |
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to task the Biden administration and Treasury Department with monitoring crypto transactions for fear of sanctions violations. The two Treasury agencies that would do so might already have the authority they need – but not the money.
2022-3-23 20:08 | |
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Suex. io cryptocurrency exchange has been sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for allegedly facilitating ransomware payments for hackers. The President Joe Biden administration has intensified efforts to curb ransomware attacks in the country, according to reports on September 21, 2021.
2021-9-22 17:00 | |
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Circle also disclosed in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it is being investigated by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which enforces US sanctions. The post Circle Reserves Over Million to Settle SEC’s Case Against Poloniex first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-7-22 16:48 | |
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Rumors concerning the U. S. Treasury cracking down on several financial institutions over money laundering has been spreading like wildfire on social media and forums. There’s been no formal announcement from the U.
2021-4-18 19:00 | |
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US Department of Treasury’s OFAC announced that Bitcoin payment provider BitPay has agreed to a $507,375 settlement over violations of “multiple sanctions” related to crypto transactions. BitThe post BitPay agrees to pay $507,375 over sanction violation charges appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-2-18 21:00 | |
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The settlement of $98,830 with OFAC is for 183 apparent violations.
The post BitGo Settles with Treasury’s OFAC for Violating Multiple Sanctions Programs first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.2021-1-1 17:48 | |
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A Russian citizen from Yakutia has been sentenced to seven years of prison for funding the Ukrainian Armed Forces by sending cryptocurrencies to their account. According to Russian media outlet Izvestia, the man is currently being held in a high-security…
Ukraine is gearing up to block Russia’s use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in foreign trade, with sanctions already in the works. The government of Ukraine has unveiled plans to impose “sanctions and other solutions” aimed at blocking Russia‘s use…
Blockchain security auditor Hacken is rolling out a new tool to automate security and compliance for web3 businesses as MiCA and DORA rules loom. Hacken, an international blockchain auditor with Ukrainian roots, is rolling out a new solution that allows…
Ukraine is moving closer to legalizing cryptocurrency, with a new bill expected to be finalized by the first quarter of 2025. Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, confirmed that the draft law…
OSCE reported twelve Ukrainian officials completed a three-day training on investigating crypto and blockchain transactions. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe announced on Friday, Nov.
Bitcoin showed resilience as the escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia signaled a shift in how investors perceive the digital gold. Ukraine attacked Russian territory with U.S. ATACMS missiles, fired at a military facility, after the Biden administration granted permission…
Eastern Europe sees growth in crypto usage as institutional and grassroots adoption rise in Ukraine and Russia, fueled by large transactions and retail use amid regional instability. Crypto adoption is accelerating across Eastern Europe, led by robust institutional and grassroots…