US Sanctions Two Russians Accused of Converting $5.5M in Crypto for North Korea
\The US Treasury sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity on October 28 over North Korea’s IT worker schemes. Two of those named are Russians who allegedly converted millions in crypto for the regime’s networks. Chainalysis’s on-chain data connects one of the Russians to mainstream crypto exchanges, which the firm did not name. Following the Money The post US Sanctions Two Russians Accused of Converting $5.5M in Crypto for North Korea appeared first on BeInCrypto.
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