The US Department of Finance imposed sanctions on Behrouz Parsarad, the operator of the crypto marketplace called Nemesis. Parsarad, an Iranian citizen, is reported to receive commission from the purchase and sale of illegal products in digital environment. The sanction applied came due to billions of dollars of transactions between 2021 and 2024. The platform attracted the attention of international actors.
Restrictions and operations carried out
The US, Germany and Lithuanian officials seized the servers of Nemesis in March 2024. As a result of the operations, Parsarad has been conducting a new platform negotiations with former vendors. More than 30 thousand active users and thousand sellers on the social platform were expressed.
Explanations from the authorities
During the operations, crypto currency wallets were also confiscated. Ofc, Parsarad’ın thanks to the share of transactions earned millions of dollars, he said.
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Bradley T. Smith: “As the manager of the Nemesis digital market place, he aims to create a safe space for the production, sale and transportation of illegal products.”
Ari Redbord: “Nemesis, not only specific forbidden products; It also hosted the purchase and sale of fake identity documents and cyber attack tools. ”
Authorities, Europol, Germany’s BKA and the United Kingdom NCA’ın NCA, such as working in coordination with institutions, organized large -scale operations for digital crime activities. These transactions were carried out within the framework of international cooperation.
Within the scope of sanctions, 44 Bitcoin 
$89,748.06 and 5 monero wallet addresses were identified. Approximately 850 thousand dollars were transferred from the determined Bitcoin wallets, while Parsarad’s other crypto assets increased to $ 1.6 million.
Operations show the effective use of Blockchain technology within the framework of international struggle against digital criminal organization. Authorities, thanks to technological developments, it is possible to monitor and interrupt crime networks. However, the increase in income from digital marketplace reveals the width of the scope of the works.
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