Back in July, we took a look at the enforcement actions for the first half of 2021 issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Today’s post.
Subsidiaries of a Dutch oilfield services company settled potential civil liability with OFAC for apparent violations of Ukraine-related and Sudanese sanctions regulations.
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BitPay charged $500k as settlement for multiple violations related to crypto payments 2 mins read
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has revealed that crypto payments platform BitPay has agreed to settle its potential civil liabilities on 2,102 apparent violations of sanctions programs.
In an enforcement notice published on Feb. 18, the OFAC said that BitPay will pay $507,375 as a settlement on charges that allege the Atlanta-based firm allowed persons based in North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, and the Crimea region of Ukraine to transact with merchants based in the United States and elsewhere.
BitPay allows merchants to accept payments in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. It handles the paperwork and facilitates transactions when customers buy goods or services using cryptocurrency. It then converts the digital assets into fiat currency for the merchants.