★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus
Orca's assessment for RD-F-125 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No path ≤3 hops from any identified Orca privileged address to a DPRK/Lazarus-labeled cluster found. Co-founders (Grace Kwan, Yutaro Mori) have fully public professional identities with no OFAC or CTI DPRK linkage. OFAC SDN search: no Orca team member or protocol authority listed. TRM Labs and DPRK-focused OFAC actions (Jul 2025, Feb 2026) do not mention Orca team members. U4 rule applied: if DPRK entities use Orca pools as a wash-trading venue (permissionless DEX risk), that adversarial-venue-use routes to Cat 11 (F158 yellow) — it does NOT contaminate team-level DPRK proximity. This factor assesses deployer/team proximity, not protocol venue use, and remains green.
Sources #
- URLTRM Labs — DPRK-associated crypto wallets (no Orca team listed)https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/ofac-sanctions-individuals-entities-and-crypto-wallets-associated-with-north-korean-cyber-activitiesretrieved 2026-05-16
- OFAC SDN List Search — no Orca team member entrieshttps://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-list-search-toolretrieved 2026-05-16
- US Treasury — Lazarus Group laundering sanctions (no Orca team cited)https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm924retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether the deployer address has an on-chain path of ≤3 hops to a Chainalysis/OFAC DPRK-labeled cluster address.
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