The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned a crypto exchange for allegedly facilitating payments for Russia -linked cybercriminals.

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it sanctioned Garantex Europe OU, which it accused of facilitating over $100 million in payments for “notorious ransomware actors and other cybercriminals.” The exchange had recently been used to facilitate payments to Russia-linked hackers.

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