США ввели санкции против северокорейской сети по отмыванию криптовалют

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2024-09-18Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-12-18

Комиссия по ценным бумагам и биржам (SEC) наложила санкции на сеть по отмыванию криптовалют, связанную с Северной Кореей. В центре внимания оказались два гражданина Китая и торговая компания из ОАЭ.

Министерство финансов США включило в санкционный список граждан Китая Лу Хуаин (Lu Huaying) и Чжан Цзянь (Zhang Jian), которые участвовали в схеме по отмыванию криптовалют в интересах КНДР. По данным Управления по контролю за иностранными активами (OFAC), они действовали как часть более широкой нелегальной сети под руководством представителя северокорейского банка Сим Хен Соп (Sim Hyon Sop).

Компания-прикрытие в ОАЭ

Лу и Чжан работали в компании Green Alpine Trading, зарегистрированной в Объединенных Арабских Эмиратах. Эта организация, по версии следствия, играла ключевую роль в схеме отмывания денег и теперь также внесена в санкционный список.

«КНДР продолжает использовать агентов и посредников для доступа к международной финансовой системе с целью проведения незаконных финансовых операций, включая мошенничество в сфере IT, кражи цифровых активов и отмывание денег для поддержки своих противоправных программ по разработке оружия массового поражения и баллистических ракет», — говорится в заявлении ведомства.

Масштабные хакерские атаки

Хакерские группировки, связанные с Северной Кореей, включая Lazarus Group, обвиняются в организации крупнейших взломов в истории криптовалют. Среди них — хищение $600 млн с Ethereum-сайдчейна Ronin в 2022 году.

По данным блокчейн-компании SlowMist, одной из распространенных тактик северокорейских хакеров является маскировка под рекрутеров или топ-менеджеров криптовалютных инвестиционных компаний. Известен случай, когда участник группы Lazarus выдавал себя за руководителя китайской компании по управлению блокчейн-активами Fenbushi Capital, чтобы заманить пользователей LinkedIn перейти по вредоносным ссылкам.

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