OFAC Sanctions Expose ISKP Crypto Terror Network Moving Millions
OFAC Sanctions Expose ISKP Crypto Terror Network Moving Millions
The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC has added <134 cryptocurrency addresses> to its sanctions list. These wallets moved more than
Why This Matters for Crypto Users
ISKP is an Afghanistan-based group linked to ISIS. It has used digital coins to raise money and pay for attacks since at least 2022. The new sanctions show how far the group has come in building a global crypto funding system.
How ISKP Raises and Moves Money
The group runs its own media arm called al-Azaim Foundation for Media. This arm puts out a magazine called Voice of Khurasan in many languages. Since late 2023 the magazine has openly asked supporters for donations in Monero. At the same time the group still takes large amounts of USDT. Small transfers of ten dollars up to fifteen thousand dollars add up fast across thousands of transactions.
Real Attacks Paid With Crypto
In March 2024 four attackers killed more than 125 people at a Moscow theater. Blockchain records showed money moving from the attackers’ wallet straight to an ISKP-controlled wallet within hours. In June 2024 German police arrested a man at the airport who had sent almost 1,700 dollars in crypto to an ISKP address. He had applied to work at the European football championship that ISKP had told supporters to target.
Key Arrests That Slowed the Network
Turkish and Pakistani forces caught a top ISKP media and crypto operator named Ozgur Altun near the border in 2025. He held a large amount of crypto when arrested. His wife was also accused of using crypto to send money to ISIS families in Syria. Earlier arrests in Istanbul and the Maldives also hit key people, yet the network kept working by spreading tasks across more subgroups.
Blockchain Data Helps Investigators Keep Up
Every time a main person is removed, ISKP tries to change its methods. Still, the open nature of blockchain lets investigators follow the money almost as fast as the group moves it. The latest list of 134 addresses adds years of on-chain proof showing how ISKP shifts between USDT and Monero and hides its tracks.
What Comes Next
OFAC keeps watching. Crypto firms and exchanges now have clearer addresses to block. Supporters of ISKP will likely try new wallets and coins, but the same public ledger that helped them raise money also makes it easier to cut off future flows.
