The signature escrow address was also mentioned in the article as part of the Sinbad wallet address, which holds about $13,000 worth of BTC at the current price.
You and I know very well that this said escrow address isn't in the control of Sinbad, its all mistaken identity...
Worst case scenario is these guys might have been following money leaving one of Sinbad's wallet addresses and unfortunately, the sig wallet has been a receipt of btc several times which could have given the addy special recognition...otherwise it's a dead end tbh.
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Wondering about this when I stumbled upon it yesterday, I got curious because the finding is rather shallow for an inter-governmental investigation. Two emails and two addresses, both info can be easily unearthed by anyone strolling around in, perhaps, less than an hour. The escrow address was practically being published every week during campaign update, and I am somewhat sure the two emails are what's listed on SinBad's website, the "adv" and "support". I don't think it should be a finding worth mentioning by a joint-country investigations.
And then I looked at the press release by two of the govt.'s official website and AFAIK, none actually mentioned these email and wallet addresses. The article mentioned OFAC designate these addresses, banning US citizens and everyone from interacting with these addresses. But in OFAC's own press release, there is no mention of this. The closest is this passage, with still no specific mention of the addresses:
As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the entity described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons must be blocked and reported to OFAC. OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within the United States (including transactions transiting the United States) that involve any property or interests in property of a blocked or designated entity.
In addition, persons that engage in certain transactions with the entity designated today may themselves be exposed to sanctions.
I think what happens here was the Journalist trying to make a situation looks more serious and dire. He derived the information from the press release, took a quick search of SinBad's available "property", and wrote them like what we read now.