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NEWS: US cuts off money exchanger MEXC over $16 billion in illicit transactions

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By David Lawder, Ismail Shakil and Bhargav Acharya

THE Treasury said ​its Financial Crimes ​Enforcement Network division ⁠issued an order that also cuts off virtual currency exchanger MEXC Global from the US financial system over transactions ​that it says are linked to sanctions evasion by Iran, ​North ⁠Korea and Russia.

FinCEN, the Treasury’s anti-money laundering unit, said that the order prevents US financial institutions from processing fund transfers involving Seychelles-incorporated MEXC Global, which it ⁠says ​has facilitated at least $16 billion in illicit transactions ​linked to Iran, North Korea and Russia as well as transactions with other sanctioned actors.

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