North Korea & criminals exploit DeFi vulnerabilities for money laundering, says US Treasury. But they also said most illicit finance still happens outside crypto.
A new report from the United States Treasury Department analyzing decentralized finance concluded that actors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as well as other scammers, are able to exploit vulnerabilities to facilitate money laundering.
In its “Illicit Finance Risk Assessment of Decentralized Finance” report released on April 6, the U.S. Treasurymany groups engaged in illicit activity from North Korea benefited from some DeFi platforms’ non-compliance with certain Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism regulations. According to the report, insufficient AML/CFT controls and other shortcomings in DeFi services “enable the theft of funds.
“Illicit actors, including criminals, scammers, and North Korean cyber actors are using DeFi services in the process of laundering illicit funds,” said Brian Nelson, under secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “Capturing the potential benefits associated with DeFi services requires addressing these risks.”
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