The United States Department of the Treasury added five cryptocurrency addresses tied to a neo-Nazi group involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine to list of entities sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Asset Control.
In a Thursday notice, the U.S. Treasury designated 22 individuals and two entities, including many the government department claimed had furthered the Russian government’s objectives in Ukraine, to its list of Specially Designated Nationals, effectively barring U.S. persons and companies from dealing with them. Included in the sanctions of one of the entities — a neo-Nazi paramilitary group called Task Force Rusich — were two cryptocurrency addresses for Bitcoin (BTC), two for Ether (ETH) and one for Tether (USDT).
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the sanctions were imposed as part of the government’s efforts “to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes, atrocities and aggression,” financially isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin, and prevent the country from...
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