A7A5 Stablecoin
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anchored·24ajHH…91MmSummary
A7A5 is a ruble-pegged stablecoin issued by Kyrgyzstan-registered Old Vector LLC on the Tron and Ethereum blockchains, launched in February 2025. It is majority-owned by sanctioned Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor and backed by Russian state-owned defense bank Promsvyazbank, both of which carry active OFAC, EU, and UK sanctions designations. Multiple governments and blockchain analytics firms have documented A7A5's role as a primary instrument in Russia's large-scale evasion of Western financial sanctions, with FinCEN reporting over $179.1 billion in A7A5 transactions across more than 180 entities between February 2025 and June 2026; by mid-2026 coordinated enforcement actions had reduced daily transaction volumes by approximately 96% from peak.
Connected Entities
3 entities · 1 linked investigation- TLeVfr…WKBZ→mentioned with→A7A5 Stablecoin(50%)
- TNDjh6…3rDq→mentioned with→A7A5 Stablecoin(50%)
Connected Through
1 shared actor · 1 investigationDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- ◇TNDjh6…3rDqwallet
Timeline(15 events)
1 January 2014
Approximately $1 billion stolen from three Moldovan banks in an operation later linked to Ilan Shor.
OpenSanctions / RFERL5 April 2022
OFAC sanctions Garantex for facilitating over $100 million in illicit crypto transactions.
TRM Labs (Garantex, Grinex, and A7A5 deep dive)13 April 2023
Court of Appeal of Chisinau sentences Ilan Shor to 15 years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering; EUR 254 million in assets ordered confiscated.
OpenSanctions1 December 2024
Grinex incorporated in Kyrgyzstan; Meer exchange domain registered.
TRM Labs (Garantex, Grinex, and A7A5 deep dive)1 January 2025
Garantex wallets begin moving funds into A7A5 tokens; A7A5 launches (initial date cited by some sources as January, others February 2025).
TRM Labs1 February 2025
A7A5 stablecoin publicly launched on Tron and Ethereum networks, issued by Old Vector LLC.
Elliptic6 March 2025
Multinational operation seizes Garantex's primary domain; approximately $26 million in USDT frozen; A7A5 and Grinex absorb displaced Garantex users.
TRM Labs1 May 2025
UK designates A7 LLC under UK sanctions law for undermining Ukraine's sovereignty.
Financial Times / Elliptic14 August 2025
OFAC designates A7 LLC, A71 LLC, A7 Agent LLC, Old Vector LLC, Grinex, and associated individuals including Sergey Mendeleev (Garantex co-founder). A7A5 declared blocked property under US sanctions.
Elliptic23 October 2025
EU adopts 19th Russia sanctions package, including named prohibition on A7A5 transactions effective November 25, 2025.
Skadden / Elliptic25 November 2025
EU 19th sanctions package A7A5 prohibition takes effect; first instance of EU naming a specific crypto token in a sanctions prohibition.
Elliptic1 June 2026
A7A5 daily transaction volumes reach low of approximately $24.3 million, down approximately 96% from July 2025 peak, per Elliptic data.
Elliptic1 August 2026
UK NCA and NECC issue Flash Alert 0808-NECC to UK financial institutions warning about A7 Network sanctions evasion methods. OFSI simultaneously doubles maximum sanctions breach penalty to 100% of breach value.
Global Sanctions / NCA1 October 2026
US Treasury designates A7 Network as a significant transnational criminal organization (TCO). FinCEN issues Finding and NPRM under the Combating Russian Money Laundering Act identifying A7 Sub-Agents as a primary money laundering concern. FinCEN reports $179.1 billion in A7A5 transactions across 180+ entities between February 2025 and June 2026. Sub-agents found to have held accounts at approximately 435 financial institutions across 83+ countries.
TRM Labs / MeduzaDecision Log
- hash: 7jGsGbhxCMos3mUbKkeNnKA9YifQHnjtkVygeKxGQmKr
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 0 of 20 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 10/4/2026, 12:09:00 PM
last updated: 10/4/2026, 12:09:18 PM
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