Bittrex OFAC Violations: Hindsight is 20/20
Crypto exchange Bittrex settles for $24 million for OFAC violations, a stand out among OFAC settlements for various reasons.
Crypto exchange Bittrex settles for $24 million for OFAC violations, a stand out among OFAC settlements for various reasons.
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned crypto mixer, Tornado Cash, adding 38 Ethereum wallet addresses to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN List). Crypto mixers are programs that mix various cryptocurrencies in private pools before transferring it to designated receivers. OFAC found… Read More »OFAC Sanctioned Crypto Mixer for Laundering Stolen Crypto
OFAC consistently states there’s no “one size fits all” approach to screening accounts and transactions for potential sanctions violations. However, the Finding of Violation (FOV) recently issued to MidFirst Bank calls that position into question. OFAC issued the FOV because MidFirst maintained and processed 34… Read More »OFAC Daily Screenings: Are Your Vendors Performing?
AmEx Bank agreed to a $430,500 settlement regarding OFAC violations under the Kingpin Act.
OFAC fined Banco Popular de Puerto Rico for failing to detect and prevent transactions with two low-level Venezuelan government employees.
US citizen accused of setting up payments platform to operate in an OFAC-sanctioned country.
Highlighting the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s continued focus on cybercrime and digital assets, OFAC sanctioned the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market, Hydra Market (Hydra), along with Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange that executed over $100 million in cryptocurrency transactions associated with darknets, including $2.6 million… Read More »OFAC Sanctions Russian Darknet & Crypto Exchange