Allegations Against World Liberty Financial Inc.
A watchdog organization based in Washington D.C., known as Accountable.us, has raised serious allegations against World Liberty Financial Inc., a company associated with the Trump family. Specifically, the report claims that World Liberty Financial has engaged in the sale of WLFI tokens to entities under U.S. sanctions, linking them to countries such as North Korea, Iran, and Russia.
Key Findings of the Report
Entitled “American Sell-Out,” the study reveals troubling details about these transactions, particularly noting a significant deal on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, when a trader identified as Shryder.eth bought 600,000 WLFI tokens. This individual is reportedly tied to accounts previously flagged by Uniswap due to “illegal behavior.”
In another instance, World Liberty Financial was indicated to have sold almost 3,500 WLFI tokens to a trader operating through Nobitex, an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange believed by U.S. officials to help Iranian entities avoid economic sanctions. The allegations stretched beyond the inauguration day, revealing ongoing dealings with a user identified as ‘0x9009’, who has acquired more than 10,000 WLFI tokens since February 2025, utilizing A7A5—an alleged Russian sanctions evasion tool. The report asserts that creators of this token were subjected to sanctions by the U.S. Government in August 2025.
Engagement with Sanctioned Entities
The watchdog’s findings also uncovered that World Liberty Financial engaged with 62 users who had employed Tornado Cash, a platform known for mixing cryptocurrencies and sanctioned by the Biden administration in 2022, only to have sanctions reversed under the Trump administration earlier this year.
Although World Liberty Financial eventually took measures against some sanctioned entities, having blocked 272 wallets—including five categorized as high-risk—this move came significantly after the original token sales had taken place. In details previously reported by Bitcoin.com News, the timing of these actions has raised concerns.
Conclusion and Public Implications
Accountable.us highlighted the delayed response, suggesting that it might have been a strategy to protect the firm from the consequences of its previous transactions. The report concluded with a critical note, urging the American public to consider whether World Liberty Financial’s actions were genuinely aimed at legal compliance or simply a means to safeguard against scrutiny following sales to potentially harmful actors over the past year.
