OFAC designates 1VPNS VPN service, its administrator, and a cryptor provider
Sanctions-screening teams must block and report any property or transactions involving the designated parties under U.S. blocking rules
Change
On 13 July 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated First VPN Service (1VPNS), its administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi, and cryptor provider Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev under E.O. 13694 (as amended), blocking their U.S.-jurisdiction property and prohibiting U.S. persons from transacting with them; entities 50% or more owned by the designated persons are also blocked.
Why it matters
U.S. persons must treat property and interests in property of the designated parties, and entities 50% or more owned by them, as blocked and cannot engage in transactions with them absent OFAC authorization. Failure to block and report such property exposes U.S. and foreign persons who transact within U.S. jurisdiction to civil or criminal penalties, including strict-liability civil enforcement.
Implications
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams at financial institutions must add First VPN Service (1VPNS), Dmytro Rashevskyi — including his aliases "Maksim Sorin" and "Roman Chabanenko" — and Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev to screening lists, configure blocking rules against their property and transactions, and file blocked-property reports to OFAC — failing to do so creates exposure to strict-liability civil and criminal penalties.
- — Corporate legal and compliance teams at U.S. persons must treat any entity owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by any designated person as blocked and prohibit the provision or receipt of funds, goods, or services with those entities, since the 50% rule extends the block beyond the named parties.
Who is affected
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams at financial institutions
- — Corporate legal and compliance teams at U.S. persons