★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus
USDD (Decentralized USD)'s assessment for RD-F-125 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No OFAC SDN designation for Justin Sun, TRON Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation, or Rainberry. SEC v. Sun = civil action (TRX wash trading 2017-2019), settled March 2026 for $10M with no admission of wrongdoing, all charges dismissed. No criminal charges. TRON chain addresses used by DPRK IT workers in March 2026 OFAC designations (chain-level, not deployer-wallet-specific to USDD). No Chainalysis or TRM Labs published report identifies the USDD TRC-20 or ERC-20 deployer wallet within 3 hops of Lazarus cluster. Score yellow per U15: elevated concern (SEC civil fraud history; TRON chain used by DPRK IT workers) without confirmed deployer-wallet DPRK nexus. RD-F-125 red threshold NOT met. Discretionary F-grade trigger NOT escalated.
Sources #
- URLSEC — Justin Sun, Tron Foundation, Rainberry settlement LR-26496SEC settlement litigation release LR-26496 (Justin Sun, Tron Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation — civil action settled March 2026)retrieved 2026-05-17
- OFAC Targets DPRK IT Workers Using Crypto — ChainalysisChainalysis — OFAC targets DPRK IT workers using crypto (TRON chain addresses, March 2026); chain-level not deployer-levelretrieved 2026-05-17
- Justin Sun Settles SEC Fraud Case for $10 Million — USNewsUSNews — Justin Sun settles SEC fraud case for $10M (March 2026)retrieved 2026-05-17
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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