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The National Security Section's (NSS) mission is to investigate and prosecute criminal activity that threatens our nation's security. NSS handles (1) sanctions and export violations; (2) international terrorism, domestic terrorism, and violence against Americans abroad; (3) national security cyber offenses; (4) malign foreign influence, transnational repression, and Foreign Agents Registration Act; and (5) espionage and unauthorized disclosure or retention of classified information. The Threat Finance Unit works closely with law enforcement, the Intelligence Community, and various regulators to use all tools – criminal prosecutions, criminal forfeiture, civil forfeiture, economic sanctions, and trade sanctions – to seize, forfeit, and disrupt funds and assets supporting sanctioned regimes, terrorists, and others threatening national security.
Sanctions and Export Violations
British American Tobacco to Pay $629 Million in Fines for N. Korean Tobacco Sales; Charges Unsealed Against Tobacco Facilitators
“$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States
‘King’ of Haitian Gang Sentenced to 35 Years for Gun Smuggling and Money Laundering
Over One Million Rounds of Ammunition Seized En Route from Iran to Yemen Transferred to Ukrainian Armed Forces
Justice Department Announces First Criminal Resolution Involving the Illicit Sale and Transport of Iranian Oil in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
Former Iranian-Owned Boeing Aircraft Successfully Returned to the United States
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National Security Cyber
Three IRGC Cyber Actors Indicted for ‘Hack-and-Leak’ Operation Designed to Influence the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Charges and Seizures Brought in Fraud Scheme Aimed at Denying Revenue for Workers Associated with North Korea
North Korean Foreign Trade Bank Rep Charged for Role in Two Crypto Laundering Conspiracies
Seven International Cyber Defendants, Including ‘Apt41’ Actors, Charged in Computer Intrusion Campaigns Against More Than 100 Victims Globally
Two Foreign Nationals Charged in Swatting Conspiracy Targeting Lawmakers, Private Victims, Houses of Worship, and Businesses
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International and Domestic Terrorism/ Violence Against Americans Abroad
Former Senior Libyan Intelligence Officer and Bomb-Maker for the Muamar Qaddafi Regime Charged for The December 21, 1988 Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Leader in 2012 Benghazi Attack that Killed U.S. Ambassador Stevens and 3 Other Americans Is Resentenced to 28 Years
Haitian Gang Leader Charged with Hostage Taking Offenses that Resulted in the Death of a U.S. Citizen in Haiti in October 2022
Haitian Gang Leader Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking for Kidnapping of 16 U.S. Missionaries in Fall 2021
Foreign National Sentenced to Nearly 22 Years in Prison for Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020
Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Charged with Plot to Murder the Former National Security Advisor
Russian National ‘Illegal’ Charged with Acting as Agent of a Russian Intelligence Service in the U.S.
Channel One Russia TV Contributor Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions, Money Laundering
Prominent Lobbyist and Political Consultant Agree to Deferred Prosecution for FARA Violations for Undisclosed Work for Foreign Government
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Espionage/Unauthorized Disclosure or Retention of Classified Information
Defense Department Linguist Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid a Foreign Government
U.S. Government Contractor Arrested on Espionage Charges
Former U.S. Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran; Four Iranians Charged With a Cyber Campaign Targeting Her Former Colleagues
Former FAA Contractor Indicted for Illegally Acting as an Agent of the Iranian Government
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