New York Prosecutors Seek $61,000,000 Crypto Forfeiture From Iranian Military Oil Sales

Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency generated by black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian oil. The proceeds were intended to finance Iran’s government and military components, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. [...] The post New York Prosecutors Seek $61,000,000 Crypto Forfeiture From Iranian Militar