Sanctions Notice - Cyber-Crime

Please be advised that an asset freeze and travel ban have been imposed on two peopleand one entity under the EU’s cyber sanctions regime for their involvement in the cyber-attack on the German Parliament (Deutsche Bundestag) in April and May 2015.

The two people who have been designated are Dmitry Sergeyevich Badin and Igor Olegovich Kostyukov.

The EU regulation can be found here: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1536. It is implemented within the Bailiwick by the Cyber-Crime (Restrictive Measures) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2019. [link updated 20/04/2021]

MEASURES WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN

All businesses must check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise have any kind of relationship with the persons referred to above and must treat any funds, other assets or economic resources 

• directly or indirectly belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, whether wholly or jointly, or
• derived from any funds or economic resources directly or indirectly belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, whether wholly or jointly, or
• belonging to individuals or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, whether wholly or jointly

as frozen with immediate effect if this is not already the case. Businesses must report any findings to the Policy & Resources Committee immediately. They must also ensure that they have taken all other steps that may be required in order to comply with the reporting obligations at section 14 of the Sanctions Law.

Businesses must also refrain from making any funds or economic resources available directly or indirectly, wholly or jointly, to or for the benefit of 

• any designated person, entity or body
• any entity directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a designated person, entity or body, whether wholly or jointly
• any individuals or entities acting on behalf or at the direction of a designated person, entity or body, whether wholly or jointly

other than in respect of transactions that come within a permitted derogation as determined by the Policy & Resources Committee, or in accordance with a licence issued by the Policy & Resources Committee, as the case may be.

The information referred to above is required by the Policy & Resources Committee in the exercise of its powers under section 15 of the Sanctions Law.

Any information or queries should be sent to [email protected] with the subject line “Cyber-Crime Sanctions”.

Further information on the effect of asset freezes and related issues including licences is available on the States of Guernsey website at http://www.gov.gg/sanctions