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The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on a vast network of scam centers in South East Asia that use forced labor and violence to steal billions of dollars from Americans, according to the US Treasury's website. The sanctions include nine targets located in Myanmar's Ruigou Valley, which is notorious for virtual currency investment fraud.
据美国财政部官网显示，美国财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 对东南亚庞大的诈骗中心网络实施制裁，这些中心利用强迫劳动和暴力手段窃取美国人数十亿美元的资金。此次制裁对象包括位于缅甸瑞沟谷的九个目标，该地是臭名昭著的虚拟货币投资诈...
According to CoinDesk, U.S. Judge Katherine Polk Failla for the Southern District of New York ruled against discussing the history of OFAC sanctions against the privacy tool in the upcoming trial of Roman Storm, the developer of Tornado Cash. The judge found that explaining to the jury the sanctions process, which was imposed in 2022 and revoked in March 2023 and ruled illegal by a Texas court, would cause "confusion of mind," but left open the possibility of revisiting if key evidence emerges.
据CoinDesk报道，纽约南区联邦法官Katherine Polk Failla裁定，禁止在即将开庭的Tornado Cash开发者Roman Storm案审判中讨论美OFAC对该隐私工具的制裁历史。法官认为，向陪审团解释2022年实施、2023年3月撤销且被德州法院裁定非法的制裁过程将造成“思维混乱”，但保留若出现关键证据可重新讨论的可能性。
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the UK's Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) last week jointly imposed sanctions on key members of the ransomware gang Evil Corp. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice released an indictment alleging that a member of Evil Corp deployed the BitPaymer ransomware within the United States. It is reported that the Evil Corp group developed and distributed...
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat and several of his businesses, including conglomerate LYP Group and its four hotels in Cambodia. One of Ly's sanctioned hotels, O-Smach Resort, is notorious for being used as a residence for human trafficking victims from across Asia who are forced to work in hog slaughter scams. Partner B of the Chicago law firm Ropes & Gray...
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against six entities located in Liberia, India, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Kuwait. According to the announcement, sanctioned entities are suspected of promoting the transportation of goods and financial transactions, including providing cryptocurrency to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's Holy City Forces (IRGC-QF), the Hussein armed forces, and Hezbollah. This includes Tawfiq Muhammad Sa'id al Law, a Syr...
