OFAC sanctions 10 tied to TdA over $40.73 million ATM jackpotting scheme

  • OFAC sanctioned 10 people and entities linked to Tren de Aragua.
  • $40.73 million in losses came from more than 1,500 alleged attacks by August 2025.
  • Treasury listed Tron addresses and two Mexican front companies among the designated parties.

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the agency that administers U.S. sanctions, sanctioned 10 people and entities on Tuesday, September 30, for ties to Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuela-based criminal organization designated as a foreign terrorist group. Treasury said the network used malware to make U.S. ATMs dispense cash without debiting customer accounts, then laundered the proceeds through cryptocurrency, including Tron (TRX) wallet addresses published on the sanctions list. Reported losses from alleged ATM jackpotting attacks totaled $40.73 million across more than 1,500 attacks as of August 2025. The action lists Tron addresses linked to seven designated individuals, including Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, known as Prometheus, and six associates indicted in the District of Nebraska on bank fraud, bank robbery and money-laundering conspiracy charges. OFAC also designated Mexican front companies Enigma Community and Soluciones Integrales Toluca. The sanctions block any U.S. property connected to the listed parties and generally prohibit U.S. persons from dealing with them. The action comes amid a broader enforcement effort involving 98 indictments since October 2025 and agencies including the FBI, HSI, FinCEN and the Justice Department’s Joint Task Force Vulcan. A separate designation targeted high-ranking TdA leader Juan Gabriel Rivas Nunez over alleged direction of gold mining, narcotics exports and violent crime across South America.

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