US Targets Russia's A7 Network In New Iran Sanctions Push
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US Targets Russia's A7 Network In New Iran Sanctions Push
US authorities designated the A7 financial network as a "significant transnational criminal organization," the latest in a series of steps by Western authorities to try and choke the sprawling Kremlin-backed sanctions-evading scheme.
The United States has imposed sweeping new sanctions on controversial Russian fintech firm A7, which it accuses of helping Iran evade sanctions. Its network is now classified as a significant transnational criminal organization.
On 2 October, the United States Embassy in Moldova issued an official statement in connection with the imposition of sanctions against the international financial system A7, created by the fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shohr with the support of the Russian Promslink, in which it was emphasized that Washington is severely suppressing any attempt to circumvent international financial filters. "The United States will not allow illegal financiers …
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jauns.lvThe United States has sanctioned Russia-linked payment network A7, the United States Treasury Department said, noting that the network was used by Iran, among other things, to circumvent sanctions.
The United States sanctioned the Russian financial platform A7 on 1 October, associated with the Ilan Shor oligarch, a fugitive from Moldova. The American treasury describes the platform as "transnational criminal organization". The measure comes only a few days after an investigation of the Financial Times, based on a massive leak of data from inside A7, revealed the scale of the network [...] The US article sanctions the A7 network of Ilan Sho…
On October 1, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned A7 Network, linked to Russia, as a significant transnational criminal organization and proposed restrictions on transfers related to its foreign sub-agents. The bill also points to the network's A7A5 token, while FinCEN noted that more than 180 entities prosecuted at least $179.1 billion in transactions with A7A5 between February 2025 and June 2026, making the token a central part of the netw…
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