The control of foreign assets of the American Treasury (OFAC) renamed the exchange of Cryptocurrency Guarantsex Europe to its list of sanctioned entities.
In an opinion on Thursday, the OFAC declared that it has redesigned Guarantsex and sanctioned its “successor”, Grinene, three Guarantex leaders and six companies in the Kirghize and Kyrgyz Republic for having allegedly facilitated illicit transactions. According to the Government Agency, the Guarantex exchange has treated more than $ 100 million linked to illicit activities since 2019.
“Digital assets play a crucial role in global innovation and economic development, and the United States will not tolerate the abuse of this industry to support cybercrime and sanctions,” said John Hurley, under-secretary of the Treasury of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
“Useing cryptocurrency exchanges to whiten money and facilitate ransomware attacks not only threatens our national security, but also tarnishes the reputation of service providers of legitimate virtual assets.”
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OFAC initially sanctioned Guarantx in 2022, claiming that the exchange had “deliberately ignored (ED)” an money laundering and fighting the financing of the requirements of terrorism. According to the office, the Guarantx officers created Grinene as a means of bypassing the measures taken against the stock market, which included the confiscation of $ 26 million in crypto, the seizure of its website and the indication of two leaders.
The sanctions included several wallet addresses for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Tron (TRX).
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The United States Ministry of Justice inaugurated the accusation acts against the Guarantex leaders, Aleksandr Mira Serda and Aleksej Bisciokov, in March, leading to the arrest of the latter when he was on vacation in India. He faces accusations of conspiracy in order to commit money laundering, conspiracy to violate American sanctions and conspire to operate a monetary service company without license.
On August 6, the US District Court of the Oriental District of Virginia ordered that a “corrected” mandate was issued for the arrest of Mira Serda. He generally remained at the time of publication, while the American authorities offered up to $ 6 million in awards for information leading to his arrest or the arrest of other Guarantx managers.
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