OFAC Sanctions Russia-Based Darknet Market, Virtual Currency Exchange
The Office of Foreign Assets Control on April 5 sanctioned Hydra Market, a Russia-based darknet market used to buy and sell illegal goods, and identified more than 100 virtual currency addresses associated with Hydra’s operations. The agency also sanctioned Garantex,…
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a virtual currency exchange with operations in Moscow. OFAC said that more than $100 million worth of transactions associated with Garantex “are associated with illicit actors and darknet markets.”