Seven TCO-Linked Individuals Added to OFAC's Crypto Sanctions List

TL;DR - OFAC added seven Tron addresses tied to seven individually sanctioned people under its SDGT and TCO programs, a move that affects anyone who has sent funds through those wallets.

On October 1, 2026, Plastron's daily automated diff against the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN list caught seven new digital-currency addresses. All seven sit on the Tron network, and each one maps to a single named individual designated under the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) and Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) sanctions programs.

What happened

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control published seven new wallet entries on the Specially Designated Nationals list. Every address is a Tron (TRX) address, not an Ethereum one, but the underlying screening logic is identical: once an address lands on the SDN list, it's sanctioned regardless of chain. The seven additions are:

• TBEmt7kPSwAv6NJTYKNdBVW524bUfPwJpJ - HERNANDEZ GUERRERO, Anthony Wuiliam - SDGT, TCO
• TCUmMCHQEbFFdGvfdg2LeS64QfzUKP2AgW - CARDENAS ARZOLA, Eric Gabriel - SDGT, TCO
• TCifMAMwst3oEJx8GaNfqZw75dkFUa8vjG - MARTINEZ ARMENTA, Carlos Javier - SDGT, TCO
• TDxZ1XTZCmqkJJW2eJT362z6omRchJyGBX - MARTINEZ PIRONA, Oscar Leonardo - SDGT, TCO
• THwbVuBBb26abe5TrAsYUpYz9mhWnBppdz - GALEANO BAZURTO, Jose Dario - SDGT, TCO
• TJjRAn9kLiyh8h6gjBjaYjkfDkskgZfyW9 - CANELON AGUIRRE, Anibal Alexander - SDGT, TCO
• TWJmTGhquvdp1jhBmgeGxBBwefteGZUQYW - MEJIA CASTILLO, Alejandro - SDGT, TCO

Who is affected

Each entry names one person, not a company or exchange. All seven carry both the SDGT and TCO program tags, meaning OFAC designated each individual under its terrorism and transnational-crime-organization authorities at the same time. Anyone who has interacted with any of these seven addresses - sending funds, receiving funds, or facilitating a transfer - now has a counterparty that's on the SDN list. U.S. persons and entities are generally barred from transacting with sanctioned wallets, and the exposure isn't limited to the designated individual; it extends to whoever is on the other side of the transaction.

Why it matters

After this update, Plastron's screening dataset tracks 1,047 OFAC digital-currency addresses spanning multiple chains. That's not a static list - it grows every time Treasury adds a new designation, and this batch is a reminder that sanctions aren't confined to Ethereum or Bitcoin. Tron carries real sanctions exposure too, and a wallet doesn't need to be an EVM address to be dangerous to touch. Within the dataset, every EVM address is flagged Critical by the screener, so counterparties on Ethereum and other EVM chains get the clearest possible warning the moment they match an SDN entry. The broader point: a sanctioned wallet can sit on any chain, and a screening tool that only checks one chain misses the rest.

What to do now

Before sending funds to an unfamiliar address, run it through an OFAC sanctions check. It takes seconds and it's free - paste the address and screen the address with Plastron before anything leaves your wallet. If you've already transacted with a counterparty and want to know whether it's since been added to the SDN list, the same check applies retroactively: screening doesn't care when the funds moved, only whether the address is listed now. For the full, authoritative record of today's additions, Treasury publishes its own notices at ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions.

Sanctions lists change daily. A counterparty that was clean last week can be designated today, which is exactly what happened to these seven Tron addresses between yesterday and October 1, 2026. Checking once isn't enough if you're dealing with recurring counterparties - build a habit of screening before, not after, a transfer clears.

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