The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday added 134 crypto wallet addresses to its ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) sanctions record, including 131 Tron addresses and 3 Monero addresses.
TRON wallets have received more than $1.4 million since 2023 and have sent more than $880,000, according to Chainalysis. Tether froze balances on all 131 Tron addresses.
ISIS-K, the Islamic State affiliate active across Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Central Asia, has used its media arm al-Azaim Media Foundation to solicit crypto donations through websites and messaging platforms, Chainalysis said.
Chainalysis said it identified historical donation addresses linked to the group on the Tron, Monero and Bitcoin networks.
The freeze strengthens the role of centralized stablecoin issuers in enforcing sanctions. Tether froze more than $182 million in USDT across five Tron wallets in January under its sanctions compliance policy.
OFAC also sanctioned a Brazil-linked network linked to the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, which the Treasury Department described as Latin America’s largest criminal gang.
The network laundered more than $30 million in US-generated illicit proceeds and used crypto to move funds back to Brazil, according to the Treasury Department.
