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US Sanctions Iranian Operator of Nemesis Darknet Marketplace

  • The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Nemesis operator Behrouz Parsarad, an Iranian national who allegedly had full control over the darknet marketplace and its cryptocurrency wallets.
  • Parsarad took a percentage of every transaction on Nemesis, enabling the sale of almost $30 million in narcotics between 2021 and its closure in March 2024.
  • The sanctioning of Parsarad includes the designation of 44 Bitcoin addresses and 5 Monero addresses, with research from Chainalysis revealing that the BTC wallets identified by OFAC received around $850,000.
  • Action taken against Parsarad reflects increased efforts by enforcement agencies to detect, disrupt, and dismantle illicit cryptocurrency-fueled ecosystems in darknet marketplaces.

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