{"id":12702,"date":"2025-11-20T09:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/the-us-treasury-department-has-imposed-sanctions-against-an-uzbek-company\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:58:21","slug":"the-us-treasury-department-has-imposed-sanctions-against-an-uzbek-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/the-us-treasury-department-has-imposed-sanctions-against-an-uzbek-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against an Uzbek company"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why is this important<\/h3>\n<p>The first Uzbek company under US sanctions for connections with Russia is a signal to businesses to strengthen control over the circumvention of sanctions. Secondary sanctions \u2014 American companies, banks cannot work with Datavice, the risk of asset freezing. Aeza Group is a hosting company for cybercriminals, a program for the blackmail of BianLian. Datavice was created in July 2025, immediately after Aeza was blacklisted \u2014 a suspicion of a frontline company.   <\/p>\n<h3>What happened<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The US Treasury Department imposed secondary sanctions against Datavice LLC (Tashkent);<\/li>\n<li>For connections with the Russian Aeza Group (blacklist since July 2025);<\/li>\n<li>Aeza Group \u2014 hosting for cybercriminals, extorting program BianLian;<\/li>\n<li>Datavice was created in July 2025, data processing service, manager Maxim Makarov.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Datavice LLC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Created:<\/strong> July 2025 (immediately after Aeza was blacklisted).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tashkent:<\/strong> based in the capital.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Services:<\/strong> data processing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The authorized capital<\/strong> is 24 million soums (~$1900) \u2014 the minimum amount for an IT company.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Head and founder:<\/strong> Maxim Makarov.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Aeza Group<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Russian IT company:<\/strong> hosting, cloud services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blacklist:<\/strong> from July 2025 for hosting cybercriminals attacking the US, other countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BianLian: <\/strong>ransom program, encrypts data, demands ransom. The US Treasury Department suspects Aeza of creating it. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Datavice and Aeza connection<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suspect:<\/strong> Datavice is Aeza&#8217;s front-line company for sanctions evasion (registration in Uzbekistan, connections with a Russian company).<\/li>\n<li><strong>The evidence:<\/strong> not publicly disclosed, but the US Treasury Department is confident in the connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Secondary sanctions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is this:<\/strong> sanctions against companies working with sanctioned organizations (Aeza Group).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Datavice consequences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American companies and banks cannot work with Datavice;<\/li>\n<li>The risk of asset freezing in dollars;<\/li>\n<li>Prohibition of access to American technologies and financial systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BianLian<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Extortionist program:<\/strong> encrypts victims&#8217; data, demands ransom in cryptocurrency.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attacks:<\/strong> USA, Europe, Asia \u2014 hospitals, government institutions, companies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aeza Group:<\/strong> Suspected of creating and hosting BianLian infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Context<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The first Uzbek company:<\/strong> under US sanctions for connections with Russia \u2014 a signal to businesses to strengthen control over the circumvention of sanctions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Datavice was created in July 2025:<\/strong> immediately after Aeza was blacklisted (July 2025) \u2014 a suspicion of a frontline company to circumvent sanctions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The authorized capital<\/strong> is 24 million (~$1900): the minimum for an IT company is strange for a serious business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxim Makarov:<\/strong> the manager and founder \u2014 little information, possibly just nominal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondary sanctions:<\/strong> American companies, banks cannot work with Datavice, the risk of asset freezing in dollars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BianLian:<\/strong> a dangerous ransomware program that attacked hospitals and government institutions in the US \u2014 Aeza Group is suspected of creating and hosting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secondary sanctions have been imposed on Datavice LLC for its connections to Russia\u2019s Aeza Group, which has been on the U.S. blacklist since July 2025. 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