财政部制裁为伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队提供资金并助长非法融资的加密货币交易所

财政部制裁为伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队提供资金并助长非法金融的加密货币交易所美国财政部
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财政部制裁为伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队提供资金并助长非法融资的加密货币交易所
2026 年 8 月 7 日
华盛顿——今天，美国财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 正在对数字资产交易所采取行动，伊朗政权依赖这些交易所洗钱数十亿美元，保持对国际金融系统的秘密访问，并支持伊斯兰革命卫队 (IRGC) 等恐怖组织。这一行动针对的是德黑兰使用的两家主要数字资产交易所，以及跨多个司法管辖区运营的幌子公司网络的头目，该网络为非法加密货币活动和逃避制裁提供了便利。伊朗行为者利用未经许可或监管不严的数字货币交易平台来转移大量数字资产。他们通过庞大的企业网络和广泛的在线赌博企业来执行这一计划，这些企业掩盖了资金的来源，并最终为伊斯兰革命卫队和与政权有关的个人的利益洗了非法收益。
美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示：“伊朗政权对数字资产和影子银行网络的依赖进一步证明经济愤怒正在发挥作用。” “我们将继续加大经济压力。无论是美元、里亚尔还是加密货币，财政部都将追捕并摧毁维持政权运转的非法金融网络。”
今天的行动建立在 OFAC 根据总统国家安全总统备忘录 2 (NSPM-2) 开展持续制裁行动的基础上，强化了对伊朗施加最大经济压力的政策。有关与伊朗数字资产交易所相关的制裁风险（包括二次制裁风险）的更多信息，请参阅常见问题解答 1250 和常见问题解答 1257。
OFAC 与国税局刑事调查 (IRS-CI) 协调制定了这一行动。美国国务院的正义奖励 (RFJ) 计划还悬赏高达 1500 万美元，奖励提供导致伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队及其各分支机构财务机制遭到破坏的信息。更多信息请访问 RFJ 网站。
伊朗数字资产交易所：精心设计的制裁规避计划
Siavash Kayvanpour (Kayvanpour) 出生于伊朗，拥有多米尼克和阿富汗国籍，居住在阿拉伯联合酋长国，经营着一个支持非法数字货币活动的跨国公司网络。 Kayvanpour 通过其位于格鲁吉亚共和国的公司 SHPS Shelbit (Shelbit) 运营 Shelbit 交易所 (Shelbit Exchange)。属于 IRGC 的数字货币地址已向 Shelbit Exchange 数字货币地址发送了价值超过 100 万美元的数字资产。超过 200 万美元也已从 Shelbit 交易所地址转移到 IRGC 数字货币地址。此外，属于 Kayvanpour 或由 Kayvanpour 控制的数字货币地址已向美国指定的 Nobitex 发送了超过 200 万美元的数字资产。 Kayvanpour 是根据 E.O. 指定的。 13224（经修订），因向 IRGC 和 Nobitex 提供实质协助、赞助或提供财务、物质或技术支持，或商品或服务或支持 IRGC 和 Nobitex，这两家公司的财产和财产权益均根据 E.O. 13224 被冻结。 13224。
Shelbit 为一个大型波斯语赌博网站网络提供服务，该网络由两位在伊朗境外过着奢华生活的伊朗影响者运营。该赌博网络的数千万美元数字资产通过 Shelbit 进行了洗钱。尽管这两名伊朗网红于 2023 年在伊朗被判犯有非法赌博罪，但他们的赌博网站仍然可以访问伊朗的在线支付系统，而该系统受到伊朗中央银行的严格监管。伊朗政权愿意允许这个赌博网络运作，凸显了其虚伪和腐败。
总部位于阿联酋的 Shelbit General Trading LLC（General Trading）以“Shelbit Exchange”的名义进行商业运营。阿联酋虚拟资产监管局 (VARA) 于 2025 年 1 月和 2026 年 7 月对 General Trading 采取了执法行动，但 General Trading 仍在营业。一般贸易是根据 E.O. 指定的。经修订的第 13224 条，由 Shelbit 直接或间接拥有、控制或指导，或者直接或间接为 Shelbit 行事或声称为 Shelbit 行事。
除了 Shelbit 之外，Kayvanpour 还拥有波兰的 Shelbit Technologies Ltd Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością W Likwidacji (Shelbit Technologies Ltd)。 Kayvanpour 也是阿联酋 Crypto Home DMCC（Crypto Home）和阿联酋 NFT Home DMCC（NFT Home）的唯一管理者。 2025 年 1 月，VARA 对 Crypto Home 采取了执法行动。 Shelbit、Shelbit Technologies Ltd、Crypto Home 和 NFT Home 均根据 E.O. 被指定。经修订的第 13224 条，由 Kayvanpour 直接或间接拥有、控制或指导，或者直接或间接为 Kayvanpour 行事或声称为 Kayvanpour 行事。
Aban Tether 是另一家位于伊朗的数字资产交易所。它已处理了价值数百万美元的交易，涉及先前指定的伊朗数字资产交易所，包括 Nobitex、Wallex、Bitpin 和 Ramzinex。 OFAC 正在根据 E.O. 指定 Aban Tether 13902 从事伊朗经济金融部门的运营。
制裁的影响
上述人员在美国或由美国人拥有或控制的所有财产和财产权益均被冻结，并且必须向 OFAC 报告。此外，由一名或多名被封锁人员直接或间接、单独或合计拥有 50% 或以上股权的任何实体也将被封锁。除非获得 OFAC 授权或豁免，OFAC 的法规一般禁止美国人或在美国境内（或过境）进行所有涉及被封锁人士的任何财产或财产权益的交易。
违反美国制裁可能会导致美国和外国人受到民事或刑事处罚。 OFAC 可以在严格责任的基础上对违反制裁行为处以民事处罚。 OFAC 的经济制裁执行指南提供了有关 OFAC 执行美国经济制裁的更多信息。此外，金融机构和其他人员可能会因参与涉及指定人员或以其他方式被封锁的人员的某些交易或活动而面临受到制裁的风险。这些禁令包括由任何指定或被阻止的人员向任何指定或被阻止的人员或为其利益提供任何捐款或提供资金、货物或服务，或从任何此类人员处接受任何捐款或提供资金、货物或服务。非美国还禁止任何人导致或密谋导致美国人有意或无意违反美国制裁，以及从事逃避美国制裁的行为。位于美国或国外的向金融犯罪执法网络的举报人奖励计划提供有关违反制裁行为的信息的个人，如果该信息符合以下条件，则可能有资格获得奖励：
您提供成功的执法行动线索，导致罚款超过 1,000,000 美元。
OFAC 制裁的力量和完整性不仅源于 OFAC 指定和添加人员到 SDN 名单的能力，还源于其愿意依法从 SDN 名单中删除人员。制裁的最终目的不是惩罚，而是带来行为的积极改变。有关寻求从 OFAC 名单（包括 SDN 名单）中删除的流程的信息，或提交请求的信息，请参阅 OFAC 关于提交从 OFA 中删除申请的指南
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance | U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance
August 7, 2026
WASHINGTON —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is moving against digital asset exchanges that the Iranian regime relies on to launder billions of dollars, maintain covert access to international financial systems, and support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), among other terrorist groups. This action targets two major digital asset exchanges used by Tehran, along with the ringleader of a network of front companies operating across multiple jurisdictions, facilitating illicit cryptocurrency activity and sanctions evasion. Iranian actors exploited unlicensed or lightly regulated digital currency exchange platforms to transfer large volumes of digital assets. They executed this scheme through sprawling corporate networks and an extensive online gambling enterprise that obscured the origin of the funds and ultimately laundered the illicit proceeds for the benefit of the IRGC and regime‑connected individuals.
“The Iranian regime’s reliance on digital assets and shadow banking networks is further evidence that Economic Fury is working,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent . “We will continue to increase the economic pressure. Whether in dollars, rials, or crypto, Treasury will hunt down and dismantle the illicit financial networks that keep the regime afloat.”
Today’s action builds on OFAC’s sustained sanctions campaign under the President’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 (NSPM-2), reinforcing the policy of maximum economic pressure on Iran. For more information on sanctions risk associated with Iranian digital asset exchanges, including secondary sanctions risk, please see FAQ 1250 and FAQ 1257 .
OFAC developed this action in coordination with the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is also offering a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of Iran’s IRGC and its various branches. More information is available on the RFJ website.
IRANIAN DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGES: ELABORATE SANCTIONS EVASION SCHEMES
Siavash Kayvanpour (Kayvanpour), who was born in Iran, has additional citizenship from Dominica and Afghanistan, and has resided in the United Arab Emirates, operates a multi-nation network of companies that support illicit digital currency activity. Kayvanpour, through his Republic of Georgia-based company, SHPS Shelbit (Shelbit), operates the Shelbit Exchange (Shelbit Exchange). Digital currency addresses belonging to the IRGC have sent the equivalent of over $1 million in digital assets to Shelbit Exchange digital currency addresses. More than the equivalent of $2 million has also been transferred from Shelbit Exchange addresses to IRGC digital currency addresses. Additionally, digital currency addresses belonging to or controlled by Kayvanpour have sent over $2 million in digital assets to U.S.-designated Nobitex . Kayvanpour is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of the IRGC and Nobitex, which are both persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224.
Shelbit services a large Persian-language gambling website network run by a pair of Iranian influencers who live luxurious lives outside of Iran. Tens of millions of dollars of this gambling network’s digital assets were laundered through Shelbit. Although the two Iranian influencers were convicted of illegal gambling in Iran in 2023, their gambling websites still have access to Iran’s online payments systems, which the Central Bank of Iran tightly regulates. The Iranian regime’s willingness to allow this gambling network to operate highlights its hypocrisy and corruption.
UAE-based Shelbit General Trading LLC (General Trading) operates commercially as “Shelbit Exchange.” The UAE’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) issued enforcement actions against General Trading in January 2025 and July 2026, but General Trading remains in business. General Trading is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Shelbit.
In addition to Shelbit, Kayvanpour owns Poland-based Shelbit Technologies Ltd Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością W Likwidacji (Shelbit Technologies Ltd). Kayvanpour also is the sole manager of UAE-based Crypto Home DMCC (Crypto Home) and UAE-based NFT Home DMCC (NFT Home). In January 2025, VARA took enforcement action against Crypto Home. Shelbit, Shelbit Technologies Ltd, Crypto Home, and NFT Home are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Kayvanpour.
Aban Tether is another Iran-based digital asset exchange. It has processed millions of dollars' worth of transactions involving previously designated Iranian digital asset exchanges, including Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex. OFAC is designating Aban Tether pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.
SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS
All property and interests in property of the persons described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. Unless authorized by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons.
Violations of U.S. sanctions may result in the imposition of civil or criminal penalties on U.S. and foreign persons. OFAC may impose civil penalties for sanctions violations on a strict liability basis. OFAC’s Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines provide more information regarding OFAC’s enforcement of U.S. economic sanctions. In addition, financial institutions and other persons may risk exposure to sanctions for engaging in certain transactions or activities involving designated or otherwise blocked persons. The prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any designated or blocked person, or the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person. Non-U.S. persons are also prohibited from causing or conspiring to cause U.S. persons to wittingly or unwittingly violate U.S. sanctions, as well as engaging in conduct that evades U.S. sanctions. Individuals located in the U.S. or abroad who provide information about sanctions violations to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s whistleblower incentive program may be eligible for awards if the information they provide leads to a successful enforcement action that results in monetary penalties exceeding $1,000,000.
The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFAC’s ability to designate and add persons to the SDN List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, or to submit a request, please refer to OFAC’s guidance on Filing a Petition for Removal from an OFAC List .
Click here for more information on the persons designated and any property identified as blocked property today.
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