Treasury Targets Russian Cybercrime and Illicit Currency Exchanges
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced coordinated actions to combat Russian cybercrime by designating the virtual currency exchanger PM2BTC and its operator Sergey Sergeevich Ivanov as key money laundering concerns, while sanctioning Ivanov and the Cryptex exchange for facilitating illicit financial activities linked to cybercriminals. [9/27/24]