The United States has submitted to the Russian citizen to the sanctions list due to the bypassing of sanctions using cryptocurrencies – Bits Media

OFAC was included in the Russian sanctions list of Russia Ekaterina Zhdanova, which, According to the American authorities, I used cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions and withdraw Russian elite funds abroad.

The US authorities said, What in March 2022 Zhdanova used the year Cryptocurrencies for that, To hide the source $2,3 Mill of his client, and transfer these funds to Western Europe. The Russian woman took advantage of the services of various cryptocurrency exchanges, which do not comply with the rules of Aml and KYC for transferring funds. One of the main sites, consider American law enforcement agencies, became the Russian Exchange GaratEx.

“Through key intermediaries, Such as Zhdanova, Russian elite, Hacker groups and other illegal entities tried to evade US sanctions and the international community, including, With virtual currencies. We still pay maximum attention to the protection of the American and international financial system from those, Who is trying to use cryptocurrency technologies and other financial tools using virtual assets ", - emphasized the Deputy Minister of Finance of the United States to combat terrorism and financial intelligence Brian Nelson (Brian Nelson).

Recently, a popular service for connecting cryptocurns to decentralized applications WalletConnect blocked users from the Russian Federation and Ukraine.