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Sanctions Screening
OFAC and global sanctions exposure for Ethereum wallets - how addresses get listed, how indirect exposure spreads, and how to check yours.
OFAC Adds 4 New Crypto Addresses Tied to Iran's Central Bank
OFAC added four Tron-based addresses tied to Iran's central bank to the SDN list on July 16, 2026, bringing Plastron's tracked sanctions dataset to 938 addresses across chains.
Sanctions · 2026-06-30 · 6 min readCould You Be Paying a Sanctioned DPRK IT Worker?
North Korean IT workers infiltrate remote crypto jobs under fake identities. Paying one in crypto can breach OFAC sanctions - here is how to screen a contractor's wallet before you send.
Sanctions · 2026-06-29 · 5 min readHow to Check If Your Wallet Is Exposed to Grinex, Garantex's Sanctioned Successor
Garantex rebranded as Grinex and kept laundering money behind the A7A5 token. Here is how to screen your wallet for exposure before an exchange does.
Sanctions · 2026-06-28 · 6 min readHow to Check If Your Wallet Is Exposed to Terrorist-Financing Crypto
Donated or laundered funds can reach a holder who never knew the source. Here is how to screen your wallet for terrorist-financing exposure before an exchange does.
Sanctions · 2026-06-27 · 5 min readWhat Is the OFAC 50 Percent Rule and Does It Affect Your Crypto Wallet?
A clean list check can still miss blocked wallets. The OFAC 50 percent rule sanctions entire companies - and every address they control - without listing them.
Sanctions · 2026-06-22 · 5 min readHow Does a Crypto Address Get Added to the OFAC Sanctions List?
OFAC lists a crypto wallet as an identifier only after it designates the person behind it. Here is how that process works - and why a clean wallet can still get flagged.
Sanctions · 2026-06-18 · 5 min readHow to Check If Crypto You Received Came From a Sanctioned Exchange Like Garantex
If coins in your wallet trace back to Garantex or its successor Grinex, an exchange can freeze them. Here is how to check your sanctions exposure first.
How To · 2026-06-17 · 5 min readHow to Check If Your Wallet Is Exposed to Lazarus Group (North Korea) Crypto
How to check whether your wallet has any link to Lazarus Group or other North Korea-attributed funds, and what a regulated exchange does when it finds one.
AML · 2026-06-15 · 5 min readI Paid a Ransomware Demand in Bitcoin - Am I Liable Under OFAC?
Paying a ransomware demand in Bitcoin can become a sanctions violation, not just a commercial loss. Many ransomware groups and their wallets sit on the OFAC SDN list, and because liability is strict you can be penalised without knowing. Here is how the rule works and how to screen an address before you pay.
Sanctions · 2026-06-05 · 6 min readHow Many Hops From a Sanctioned Address Still Flag Your Wallet?
Distance from a flagged address lowers your risk score but never zeroes it. How indirect exposure works, and why there's no safe number of hops.
How To · 2026-05-30 · 4 min readHow to Check if an Ethereum Address Is Sanctioned
A step-by-step guide to checking whether any Ethereum or EVM wallet appears on sanctions lists, with free tools and instant screening options.