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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

MYSTERIOUS: Us bans 10 crypto addresses linked to lockbit ransomware group | Mind Blowing Facts

A message on LockBit's site said law enforcement agencies had taken over it. (Credit: AFP)

KEY POINTS

  • Kondratiev had 9 banned crypto wallets, while Sungatov had 1 digital currency address
  • US citizens are prohibited from transacting with the banned addresses
  • A LockBit dark-web site used to extort victims was seized by authorities

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on Tuesday blacklisted 10 Bitcoin and Ether addresses under the names of two people, stating that these addresses were associated with LockBit, the world's most infamous ransomware group.

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