On the 14th, U.S. prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit seeking the forfeiture of approximately $61 million (about 9.4 billion yen) in cryptocurrency, alleging it was used to launder funds obtained from illicit Iranian oil sales. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, the funds in question were allegedly used to finance the Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization.
The complaint states that the Chinese companies Blessed Trust and Hexa...