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Treasury Sanctions Shelbit and Aban Tether for Funneling Millions to IRGC
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TFTC – Truth for the Commoner
OFAC's own press release documents IRGC wallets sending over $1 million to Shelbit and receiving over $2 million back.
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Shelbit Exchange and Aban Tether on August 7, 2026, along with Shelbit operator Siavash Kayvanpour and a network of front companies spanning Georgia, Poland, and the UAE.
Per the OFAC release, IRGC-linked wallets sent over $1 million to Shelbit addresses, and Shelbit sent over $2 million back to those same IRGC wallets.
Four entities in Kayvanpour's network were designated simultaneously: SHPS Shelbit (Georgia), Shelbit Technologies Ltd (Poland), Crypto Home DMCC (UAE), and NFT Home DMCC (UAE).
Any custodial exchange with exposure to those addresses faces secondary sanctions risk immediately.