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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 16, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
US Forfeiture Case Ties $61 Million in Frozen Tron Addresses to an Iranian Oil Network
The September 14 complaint targets ten addresses frozen in 2025, describes a $1.5 billion sanctions-evasion network moving funds through Binance accounts, and sets out a planned transfer into FBI custody.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil forfeiture complaint on September 14 seeking $61 million in cryptocurrency that it says came from Iranian oil sales conducted outside the sanctions regime. The complaint centers on…
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States Turn Crypto Rails Into Sanctions Instruments
Governments increasingly track, freeze, and seize on-chain assets to enforce sanctions, turning traceable ledgers and centrally controlled stablecoins into extensions of financial statecraft rather than escapes from it.
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