WASHINGTON—FinCEN has announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) related identifies international Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing (CVC mixing) as a class of transactions of primary money laundering concerns.
According to Treasury, the NPRM highlights the risks posed by the extensive use of CVC mixing services by a variety of illicit actors throughout the world and proposes a rule to increase transparency around CVC mixing to combat its use by malicious actors, including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“Today’s action underscores Treasury’s commitment to combatting the exploitation of Convertible Virtual Currency mixing by a broad range of illicit actors, including state-affiliated cyber actors, cyber criminals, and terrorist groups,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. “More broadly, the Treasury Department is aggressively combatting illicit use of all aspects of the CVC ecosystem by terrorist groups, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.”
‘Lack of Transparency’
“The lack of transparency surrounding international CVC mixing activity is an acute money laundering and national security risk, and increasing transparency in connection with this activity is a key component to denying illicit actors access to the U.S. and global financial systems,” Treasury said. “This increased transparency is also consistent with longstanding Treasury Department efforts to counter the efforts of terrorist groups, such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, that engage in violence against innocent civilians; the efforts of ransomware criminals targeting critical infrastructure; and the efforts by state actors and their supporters to evade U.S. and global sanctions.”
The proposed rule follows multiple prior actions by Treasury to target illicit finance involving the use of mixing services, Treasury noted.
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