WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and darknet market a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and darknet market site St. Petersburg.
The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and darknet sites currency exchange Garantex, darkmarket url published on the Treasury Department’s website, “send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet market or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world,” U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)
