Office of Foreign Assets Control

‘Crypto’-friendly Customers Bank hit with Fed Reserve enforcement action
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9 August, 2024

‘Crypto’-friendly Customers Bank hit with Fed Reserve enforcement action

The Fed Board hit Customers Bank with an enforcement action after results of inspections carried out by the central banking...
‘Crypto’ anti-money laundering efforts need to incorporate tradfi tools
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15 July, 2024

‘Crypto’ anti-money laundering efforts need to incorporate tradfi tools

Chainalysis details the extent to which money launderers use blockchain “to launder funds from a broader range of illicit activities...
Code is not law: Tornado Cash co-founder gets 64 months for money laundering
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15 May, 2024

Code is not law: Tornado Cash co-founder gets 64 months for money laundering

Alexey Pertsev was accused of allowing criminals to launder US$1.2 billion worth of the Ethereum network’s ETH token through the...
Jack Dorsey’s Block under federal investigation for terror transactions, sanctions evasion
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2 May, 2024

Jack Dorsey’s Block under federal investigation for terror transactions, sanctions evasion

A former Block employee had met with prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York...
Sinbad coin mixer sanctioned and taken down by global authorities
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4 December, 2023

Sinbad coin mixer sanctioned and taken down by global authorities

Sinbad.io, a key money laundering tool for North Korean hacker Lazarus Group, had its website seized by U.S. authorities and...
Tornado Cash users argue DAOs not capable of being subject to sanctions
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29 May, 2023

Tornado Cash users argue DAOs not capable of being subject to sanctions

Plaintiffs claimed that the description of Tornado Cash was inconsistent and that the sanctioned "property" slammed by the OFAC amounts...
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