OFAC sanctions ISIS-K crypto addresses
OFAC sanctions ISIS-K crypto addresses in a formal U.S. Treasury designation that lists 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to the group. The designated Tron wallets were reported to have received more than $1.4 million in cryptocurrency and to have sent more than $880,000 through those sanctioned Tron addresses, according to the designation. These figures represent the total cryptocurrency inflows and outflows identified in connection with the sanctioned Tron wallets included in the U.S. official listing.
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses to its ISIS-K sanctions entry, comprising 131 Tron addresses and three Monero addresses. The listing was issued as a U.S. Treasury designation that identifies those addresses as linked to ISIS-K. The designation records the 131 Tron addresses and the three Monero addresses together as the total set of newly designated wallets.
Tron wallets linked to ISIS-K received more than $1.4 million since 2023 and sent more than $880,000 through those sanctioned Tron addresses. Tether froze balances on all 131 Tron addresses. The designation records the reported inflows and outflows as the totals identified on the sanctioned Tron wallets since 2023.
Chainalysis identified historical donation addresses tied to ISIS-K on the Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin networks. The reporting states that ISIS-K used its al-Azaim Media Foundation to solicit crypto donations via websites and messaging platforms. The Chainalysis findings and the Treasury designation list donation-related addresses across those blockchain networks.
OFAC sanctioned a Brazil-linked network tied to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Latin America’s largest criminal gang. The designation states that the PCC network laundered more than $30 million in U.S.-generated illicit proceeds and that the network used cryptocurrency to move funds back to Brazil. The Treasury listing identifies the network’s role in laundering U.S.-sourced illicit proceeds through crypto channels as part of the enforcement action. The Treasury designation explicitly links the laundering activity to the PCC-associated criminal network.
Tether froze more than $182 million in USDT across five Tron wallets in January under its sanctions compliance policy. That freeze is recorded in the reporting alongside the OFAC action targeting the PCC-linked network and related crypto activity. The freeze reinforces the role of centralized stablecoin issuers in sanctions enforcement.
The article documents OFAC enforcement actions targeting crypto addresses linked to ISIS-K and a Brazil-linked network associated with the Primeiro Comando da Capital, identifying those addresses in Treasury designations. It records that Tether froze wallet balances under its sanctions compliance policy and that Chainalysis identified donation-related addresses across Tron, Monero and Bitcoin networks. The reporting frames these measures as part of ongoing supervision and enforcement of cryptocurrency networks by U.S. authorities and compliance actions by centralized stablecoin issuers.
