News & Analysis as of

U.S. Treasury Economic Sanctions Virtual Currency

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC Year in Review 2023 – Part 1

2023 was another record year for U.S. sanctions and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Most prominently, OFAC continued to impose significant additional sanctions on Russia in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

All Roads Lead to Roman: Alleged Tornado Cash Co-Founders Roman Storm Arrested and Roman Semenov Sanctioned, Days After Treasury...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Complex Civil and Criminal Cases Converge - On August 17, 2023, Judge Robert Pitman of the federal district court for the Western District of Texas issued an Order granting summary judgment for the U.S. Treasury Department...more

Dechert LLP

When You Got It, Flaunt It: Enforcement Authorities Expect Companies, Including Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges, That Collect...

Dechert LLP on

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently announced two settlements that underscore OFAC’s continued emphasis on companies developing and implementing effective, risk-based...more

K2 Integrity

The North Korean Crypto Threat

K2 Integrity on

Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Crypto Enthusiast and The Regulator: What OFAC is, Could Be, and Should Be Doing to Regulate CryptoCurrencies

On May 6, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a cryptocurrency mixer, Blender.io, as a Specially Designated National (SDN). That sanction follows a series of enforcements and...more

K2 Integrity

Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review. - April 2022

K2 Integrity on

The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more

K2 Integrity

Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review - March 2022

K2 Integrity on

The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. ...more

Troutman Pepper

US Announces Crypto-Specific Guidance on Avoidance of Russian Sanctions

Troutman Pepper on

On March 11, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States (collectively, the G7) announced more sanctions against Russia, including first-time sanctions specific to virtual assets. The White House...more

Goodwin

FinCEN Warns Against Evasion of Russian Sanctions

Goodwin on

In this Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an alert warning financial institutions of possible efforts to evade U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus; the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Review of Sanctions and Export Control Developments in 2021 and What to Expect in 2022

This is the fifth post in this year’s series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our previous post discussed trends in State AG enforcement. Up next: SEC Enforcement in 2022: A Look Ahead. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Treasury Provides Detailed Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry on Sanctions Compliance

On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued detailed guidance to the virtual currency industry, putting virtual currency companies on notice of the ways OFAC...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

US Department of the Treasury Announces Results of Sanctions Review

On Oct. 18, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) announced the results of its review of U.S. economic and financial sanctions. During her confirmation hearing in January 2021, Janet L. Yellen, secretary of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ and Treasury Take Crypto Enforcement to the Next Level

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and Treasury’s OFAC are setting their sights on cryptocurrency use in cybercrimes. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is sharpening its focus on combatting...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Sanctions 2.0: US Treasury Department announces results of sanctions policy review and OFAC releases compliance guidance for the...

The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released the results of its review of economic and financial sanctions first announced in December 2020 by then President-elect Biden (Report). From that review, Treasury has...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry; 2021 Sanctions Review Shows Increasing Focus on Digital Transactions

Fenwick & West LLP on

On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued tailored sanctions compliance guidance for those operating in the virtual currency industry, including technology...more

Perkins Coie

OFAC Releases New Detailed Guidance for the Digital Currency Industry

Perkins Coie on

On October 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released guidance on sanctions compliance for the digital currency industry, the agency’s most detailed guidance to date on...more

WilmerHale

Treasury Releases Long-Awaited Sanctions Policy Review

WilmerHale on

The US Treasury Department has released its 2021 Sanctions Review (the “Review”), which describes the US sanctions framework and the agency’s future sanctions priorities. The Review reflects on the evolution over two decades...more

Perkins Coie

OFAC Issues Second Ransomware Advisory and Designates Virtual Currency Exchange for Sanctions

Perkins Coie on

Agency’s Focus on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Continues - On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an updated advisory to “highlight the sanctions...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

OFAC sanctions virtual currency exchange and updates ransomware advisory

On September 21, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury took actions in response to the increasing prevalence and severity of ransomware attacks in the United States and address the central role that virtual currency and...more

WilmerHale

OFAC Imposes New Sanctions to Thwart Ransomware

WilmerHale on

On September 21, 2021, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) levied its first sanctions against a Russian-operated virtual currency exchange involved in ransomware payments and published an...more

20 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide