# Imposition of Special Measure Prohibiting the Transmittal of Funds Involving Bitzlato
> **FinCEN** · Order. · Published 2023-01-23 · Effective 2023-02-01 · 88 FR 3919
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-01189
- **Category:** aml-bsa-fincen
- **Sub-agency:** FinCEN
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 3919
- **CFR reference:** 31 CFR 1010
- **Publication date:** 2023-01-23
- **Effective date:** 2023-02-01
## Abstract

FinCEN is issuing an order, pursuant to the Combating Russian Money Laundering Act, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, to prohibit certain transmittals of funds (as defined in this order) by any covered financial institution involving Bitzlato Limited (Bitzlato), a financial institution operating outside of the United States determined to be of a primary money laundering concern in connection with Russian illicit finance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/23/2023-01189/imposition-of-special-measure-prohibiting-the-transmittal-of-funds-involving-bitzlato)
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