Iranian facing deportation for sanctions evasion tries to sponsor mother to immigrate
Convicted of violating sanctions on Iran and awaiting a decision on his deportation, Amin Yousefijam has taken the government to court over the matter.
#Canada #World #CanadaDeportation #CBSA
https://globalnews.ca/news/11753869/iranian-facing-deportation-sanctions-evasion-sponsors-mother-immigrate/

Monday, February 9, 2026

Russia strikes residential building, gas pipeline in Odesa, explosions heard in Kyiv, amid Russian missile, drone attack -- Ukraine denies involvement in attempted assassination of Russian general Alekseev -- Catastrophe for Russia as Musk cuts off Starlink; Ukraine This Week [vlog/video] -- Ukraine to open 10 weapons export centers in Europe in 2026 in major wartime policy shift ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/monday-february-9-2026/

reminder that #crypto touches pretty much every story in the news these days, including recent events in #Venezuela

#Maduro and #PdVSA have been using #Tether #USDT to avoid american sanctions and sell #oil to #Russia and whoever else for years.

#HowardLutnick #LUtnick #uspol #stablecoin #corruption #Putin #sanctions #SanctionsEvasion

North Korea's cyber underworld isn't just about stolen crypto—it's a high-stakes game of digital heists funding weapons programs. How far will their cyber tricks go?

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/north-koreas-cybercrime-empire-how-digital-heists-fund-a-rogue-regime/

#northkorea
#cybercrime
#cryptotheft
#sanctionsevasion
#moneylaundering

North Korea’s Cybercrime Empire: How Digital Heists Fund a Rogue Regime

Explore how North Korea's cybercrime empire funds its regime through cryptocurrency theft, IT worker fraud, and global money laundering schemes.

The DefendOps Diaries

AP Reveals Russia-Vietnam Secret Arms Payment Scheme to Evade Western Sanctions.
Watch full report:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2fu1sgAQ5JQ

#Geopolitics #RussiaVietnam #SanctionsEvasion #ArmsDeal #APExclusive #GlobalSecurity #EnergyWeaponsTrade

AP Reveals Russia-Vietnam Secret Arms Payment Scheme to Evade Western Sanctions

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@kevinrothrock i was able to connect one of the payments mentioned in Gugnin's criminal indictment to #Wintermute, the largest crypto market maker and one that is run by a Russian couple (Evgeny Gaevoy and his wife).

i asked evgeny about it and he did not deign to respond, which is interesting because he usually is pretty responsive to anything that might impinge on wintermute's reputation (cc: @kardinal691 @noelreports )

https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1940434039208558790

#EvgenyGaevoy #crypto #Russia #sanctions #sanctionsevasion #Tether #USDT

@cryptadamist.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy (@Cryptadamist) on X

1. few weeks ago @DOJCrimDiv indicted Iurii Gugnin for laundering ~$500 mil of russian money 2. indictment names a USDT txn for $803,347 in 2023 3. the txn that matches that time + amount was sent to a (very active) wallet arkham tags as #Wintermute u ok @EvgenyGaevoy?

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i'm sure it's just a coincidence that the bitcoin wallet that #OFAC just sanctioned because it was being used by Russian and North Korean weapons programs just so happened to be sending all its bitcoins to crypto exchanges belonging to Trump's Chinese business partners: Justin Sun's #HTX and Changpeng Zhao's #Binance.

* presser: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0230
* sanctioned entities: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0230
* wallet: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/1HmqvgSXUVES1jn4TQPzk9dxo1NE8wim2T

#sanctions #russia #putin #ukraine #Ukrainewar #DPRK #NorthKorea #kimJongUn #weapons #armstrafficking #bitcoin #crypto #uspol #corruption #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #trump #WLFI #JustinSun #sanctions #sanctionsEvasion

A major leak has revealed the operations behind North Korea’s state-linked IT workforce.

Slack logs and spreadsheets show how coders apply for remote gigs worldwide, sending back an estimated $600M/year to fund a heavily sanctioned regime.

#NorthKorea #CyberThreatIntel #Infostealers #sanctionsevasion #APT