United States Department of the Treasury fined the bitkoyn-exchange of Bittrex $24 million for violation of sanctions

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Management on control behind foreign assets United States Department of the Treasury fined the bitkoyn-exchange of Bittrex for non-compliance with sanctions concerning Russian Federation, Iran, Sudan and Syrie. United States Department of the Treasury in the message on a site. OFAC established that Bittrex did not stop operation with virtual currency for users in Republic of Crimea, in Cuba, in Iran, Sudan and Syrie during the period since March 2014 till December, 2017. The sum of these translations is estimated at $263 million. The exchange is registered in Bellevue, State of Washington. According to sanctions of United States of America concerning Russian Federation, the American legal persons are not allowed to conclude the bargain...