The firm will be on the line for over $300K with OFAC after serving customers in Iran.
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has announced a settlement with crypto exchange Kraken for “apparent violations of sanctions against Iran.”to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal “to settle its potential civil liability” related to violating the United States’ sanctions against Iran. The U.S.-based crypto exchange will also be investing $100,000 into sanctions compliance controls as part of the agreement with Treasury.
“Due to Kraken’s failure to timely implement appropriate geolocation tools, including an automated internet protocol address blocking system, Kraken exported services to users who appeared to be in Iran when they engaged in virtual currency transactions on Kraken’s platform,” said OFAC. In a statement to Cointelegraph, Kraken chief legal officer Marco Santori said the exchange had"voluntarily self-reported and swiftly corrected" its actions to OFAC:
"Even before entering into this resolution, Kraken had taken a series of steps to bolster our compliance measures. This includes further strengthening control systems, expanding our compliance team and enhancing training and accountability." The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran that prohibit the export of goods or services to businesses and individuals in the country since 1979. However, Kraken had allegedly been violating these controls since 2019 byAccording to a July
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