US Treasury Department Sanctions Russian Woman Accused of Laundering Funds for Ryuk Ransomware Group

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for her role in laundering funds for other Russian elites, usually in the form of cryptocurrency. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is an agency that’s part of the US Treasury Department and is responsible for enforcing sanctions. Criminal groups, hackers, and even billionaires often use third-party services to move money around, especially since they’re already sanctioned. This was the role