On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced settlements for approximately $24 million and $29 million, respectively, with virtual currency exchange Bittrex, Inc. (Bittrex). The settlements represent the first parallel enforcement actions by FinCEN and OFAC in the virtual currency space and OFAC’s largest virtual currency enforcement action to date. The investigations by OFAC and FinCEN found that the company engaged in apparent violations of several sanctions programs and willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA’s) anti-money laundering (AML) program and suspicious activity … Read more