Stablecoin freeze: Frozen by Circle (USDC) on 2026-07-13; Frozen by Tether (USDT) on 2026-07-13 (dates in UTC, read from the token contract).
This EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains) address was named in 2 public crypto scam reports: Ransomware, OFAC designation. First reported 2026-09-19. Last updated 2026-10-21.
On 2026-07-13 OFAC designated First VPN Service (1VPNS), a VPN provider whose principal clients include ransomware groups, and its administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi (Dnipro, Ukraine), for enabling ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses, hospitals and municipal governments. Treasury says the action followed a May 2026 takedown of 1VPNS infrastructure by European law enforcement with FBI Boston support. These are ransomware-enabler wallets, not ransom-payment addresses. Addresses from the SDN entries (20): Rashevskyi - BTC 1MTndG4K..., 1DfyWkiX...; ETH 0x1d19b52b..., 0x2C7DcD77...; LTC (2);…