U.S. Targets Tren De Aragua Network Behind $40 Million ATM Hacking Scheme
OFAC designated 10 targets tied to the network as federal data showed 1,500-plus ATM attacks and $40.73 million in losses through August 2025.
- On Wednesday, the Treasury Department sanctioned 10 targets linked to the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua , targeting a high-tech ATM 'jackpotting' scheme that caused more than $40.7 million in losses.
- FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, known as 'Prometheus,' allegedly engineered the custom malware used to force machines to dispense cash in roughly 1,500 attacks.
- The sanctions also hit senior leader Juan Gabriel Rivas Nunez, known as 'Juancho,' and two Mexico-based companies, Enigma Community and Soluciones Integrales Toluca, while federal prosecutors have indicted 98 individuals since October 2025.
- Under the penalties enacted Wednesday, all U.S. property and business interests tied to the targets are immediately frozen, and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent stated the administration will 'continue to use all tools available' to deny the group resources.
- President Donald Trump designated TdA as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in February 2025, reflecting its evolution into a violent enterprise involved in drug trafficking, human smuggling, and murder-for-hire, making its destruction a top national security priority.
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According to a statement from the State Department, in the case of ATMs, it is a "scheme that stole millions of dollars from US financial institutions." "One of the 10 most wanted fugitives by the FBI, Aníbal Alexander Canelón Aguirre, also known as 'Prometheus', orchestrated the scheme by which cash is stolen from ATMs located in the United States using malicious software," the text said. The case of helpless ATMs began to come to light in earl…
The case of the vandalized ATMs began to come to light in early 2024.
Criminals operated through attacks on ATMs
On Wednesday, the U.S. imposed sanctions on an alleged financial network linked to the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, classified by the Donald Trump administration as a foreign terrorist group. The U.S. Treasury Department detailed in a statement that imposed financial sanctions against ten people accused of involvement in a fraud scheme.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) [investigated] Central American... who have been stealing cash by planting malware in ATMs across the United States.
Treasury exposes terror network Tren de Aragua's $40M US ATM 'jackpotting' plot
The Treasury Department targeted Tren de Aragua's $40M+ ATM jackpotting scheme, with OFAC designating 10 key figures tied to the foreign terrorist organization's financial network.
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