The United States Department of the Treasury has announced that it will sanction cryptocurrency exchange Chatex and its support network for facilitating transactions for ransomware representatives.
According to Cowen Telegraph, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said Shatix, EasyBetsOU, ShatixTeccia and Hytrade Finance) have joined the list of entities sanctioned by the US government.
The ministry has alleged that Shatx has direct ties to the Czech Republic and Russia-based Swix OTC, which it imposed sanctions in September. .
According to OFAC, Shatix has helped facilitate transactions for ransomware groups, with more than half of the exchange's transactions traced back to illegal or high-risk activities. Such as darknet marketplaces, high-risk exchanges, and ransomware.
The exchange's addition to the sanctions list follows the suspension of operations by the Latvian and Estonian authorities of Shatex Tech and the revocation of the license of Ezibits or U, respectively.
In addition, the US Department of Justice announced a similar indictment against (Polyanen), seizing $6.1 million in cryptocurrency from 3,000 ransom attacks allegedly responsible. about her.
For the second time in 5 months, US Attorney Merrick Garland said, we have announced the confiscation of digital proceeds from ransomware spread by a transnational criminal group.
It won't be the last time, and the US government will continue to strive aggressively to tear down the entire ransomware ecosystem and increase our nation's resilience to cyberthreats," Garland added.
