Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Mohammad GHORBANIYAN
Aliases
Mohammad GHORBANIAN; Ensaniyat; Ensaniyat_Exchanger; EnExchanger
Nationality
Iran
DoB
1987-03-09
Address
Iran
Reg. ID
32270, Birth Certificate Number; 008-046347-9, Identification Number
Official reason
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against two Iran-based individuals, Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan, who helped exchange digital currency (bitcoin) ransom payments into Iranian rial on behalf of Iranian malicious cyber actors involved with the SamSam ransomware scheme that...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm556
Date of listing
2018-11-28
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13694 Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities; Executive Order 13757 Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Cyber-attacks
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1546
Official Information
On December 31, 2015, OFAC issued the Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 578 (80 FR 81752, December 31, 2015) (the “Regulations”) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13694 of April 1, 2015, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities” (80 FR 18077, April 2, 2015), pursuant to au...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/06/2022-19138/cyber-related-sanctions-regulations