U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

“Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale have also used the U.S. financial system to send or receive tens of millions of dollars as part of this scheme,”

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15

The civil forfeiture complaint alleged Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale used the U.S. financial system to move tens of millions of dollars.

“to launder the proceeds of black-market sales of Iranian oil, funneling the illicit funds to the Government of Iran, its agents, and/or its proxies, where they were used to finance terrorist and other activities of the Iranian government,”

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York · said 2026-09-15 · reported 2026-09-15

A statement said two Chinese companies used Binance trading accounts to launder illicit Iranian oil proceeds.