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Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

US Sanctions Target Darknet Marketplace Nemesis Wallets
ForkLog 18 05.03.2025

US Sanctions Target Darknet Marketplace Nemesis Wallets

The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added 44 Bitcoin and five Monero addresses linked to the defunct darknet marketplace Nemesis Market to its SDN list. The press release states that these addresses were controlled by Iranian national Behrouz Parsarad, who was allegedly the platform’s administrator. On March 20, 2024, the BKA seized […]
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US Court Deems Sanctions Against Tornado Cash Unlawful
ForkLog 7 27.11.2024

US Court Deems Sanctions Against Tornado Cash Unlawful

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the OFAC overstepped its authority in imposing sanctions on the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, as reported by The Block. The previous district court decision has been overturned. “Immutable smart contracts of Tornado Cash (lines of code ensuring privacy) do not constitute ‘property’ of a foreign […]
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UK Police Seize 200 LockBit Cryptocurrency Wallets
ForkLog 19 21.02.2024

UK Police Seize 200 LockBit Cryptocurrency Wallets

The UK’s National Crime Agency has revealed details of an operation to seize servers belonging to the hacker group LockBit. Authorities have detained two members of the organisation in Poland and Ukraine. They are accused of conducting ransomware attacks and are currently under arrest, with future court appearances in the US pending. Charges have also […]
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Russian Linked to REvil Faces Sanctions from Three Nations
ForkLog 9 29.01.2024

Russian Linked to REvil Faces Sanctions from Three Nations

The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on Russian national Alexander Ermakov, held responsible for the hacking of Australian insurance company Medibank. The U.S. government claims that Ermakov and other participants in the attack are connected to the Russian-backed cybercriminal group REvil. According to OFAC, in October 2022, ransomware operators stole […]
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CoinList to pay $1.2 million fine for sanctions violations against Russia
ForkLog 14 14.12.2023

CoinList to pay $1.2 million fine for sanctions violations against Russia

CoinList settled OFAC claims regarding sanctions violations. The platform for token sales and a cryptocurrency exchange will pay a fine of $1.2 million.
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Tether blocks 161 addresses on OFAC SDN list
ForkLog 18 11.12.2023

Tether blocks 161 addresses on OFAC SDN list

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin — the company Tether — blocked 161 addresses from the OFAC SDN list. Of them, 150 were empty.
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Tether freezes all OFAC-sanctioned crypto wallets
ForkLog 12 10.12.2023

Tether freezes all OFAC-sanctioned crypto wallets

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin — Tether — announced a new policy to freeze wallets belonging to OFAC-sanctioned individuals and entities.
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Expert: mining pools block transactions from sanctioned addresses
ForkLog 18 23.11.2023

Expert: mining pools block transactions from sanctioned addresses

Mining pools began rejecting transactions from addresses on or to addresses on the OFAC SDN list, without including them in blocks. The situation drew the attention of a Bitcoin developer using the alias 0xB10C.
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Russian woman sanctioned by US for aiding oligarchs with cryptocurrency
ForkLog 11 03.11.2023

Russian woman sanctioned by US for aiding oligarchs with cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova.
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Sinaloa cartel-linked Ethereum wallet sanctioned by the United States
ForkLog 20 26.09.2023

Sinaloa cartel-linked Ethereum wallet sanctioned by the United States

OFAC has imposed sanctions on Himenes Castro — a member of the Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa. He used an Ethereum wallet to transfer funds linked to fentanyl trafficking.
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