Nikhilesh De
US Treasury Sanctions Russians Using Crypto for Election Interference
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has added three Russian nationals and a host of cryptocurrency addresses to its sanctions list on allegations of election interference.
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OFAC alleges that the three individuals, Artem Lifshits, Anton Andreyev and Darya Aslanova, are employees of the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian company and “troll farm” that tries to influence events. The IRA attempted to influence the 2018 midterm elections in the U.S., and OFAC alleged Thursday that this work continued.
“The IRA uses cryptocurrency to fund activities in furtherance of their ongoing malign influence operations around the world,” a press release said.
Saturday, 31 October 2020