Treasury ransomware response: More sanctions, updated FinCEN guidance
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-11-09T20:38:00
The U.S. Treasury continued its crackdown on facilitators of ransomware payments, sanctioning a second virtual currency exchange and its affiliates and updating FinCEN guidance to help make financial institutions more aware of related red flags.
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