According to CoinMeta, the Southern District Attorney's Office of New York, USA, and the FBI New York Field Office have filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit regarding approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency. The prosecution alleges that these funds are derived from the black market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products, and are used to finance the Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. The prosecution accuses the Iranian government of using the cryptocurrency network to launder over $1.5 billion in illicit oil funds. blessed, trust, hexa, and whale used Binance trading accounts located in the United Arab Emirates to launder money, transferring the funds to the Iranian government and its agents or agencies.