The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced two new sanctions actions targeting financing and revenue-generation networks tied to Hamas and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four organizations it described as sham charities that directly fund Hamas’s military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and help sustain the group’s terrorist operations. Treasury identified the groups as Ghazi Destek Dernegi, Hayat Yolu, the Palestinian White Hands Assistance and Solidarity Association, and Indonesia-based Komite Nasional Untuk Rakyat Palestina (KNRP).

The agency said that internal records captured from Hamas indicate that Turkey-based Ghazi Destek Dernegi worked with the sanctioned group Waed Society Gaza to provide material support to Hamas members and fund construction projects that directly benefited the blacklisted terrorist organization. Other captured documents show that Palestinian White Hands functions as part of the security apparatus of Hamas’ military wing, OFAC said. 

KNRP is a charity that has provided funding for charitable projects in Gaza that directly benefited Hamas, including through the distribution of materials exclusively for Hamas fighters, the office alleged. 

OFAC separately sanctioned six individuals and two entities for their alleged roles in North Korean government-orchestrated IT worker schemes that Treasury said systematically defraud U.S. businesses and generated nearly $800 million in 2024 to support Pyongyang’s weapons of mass destruction programs. 

Treasury accused North Korean IT teams of using fraudulent documents, stolen identities, and fabricated personas to obtain work with legitimate companies, and in some cases introducing malware into corporate networks to steal sensitive information. 

The sanctions target facilitators based in North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Spain, including Amnokgang Technology Development Company, a North Korean IT company that manages overseas IT workers, and Vietnam-based Quangvietdnbg International Services Company Limited. Treasury said Nguyen Quang Viet, Quangvietdnbg’s chief executive, converted about $2.5 million into cryptocurrency for North Koreans between mid-2023 and mid-2025, including illicit earnings from IT workers linked to Amnokgang. 

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