You misread my point. In fact, the article suggests they don't even need to prove that you know you are paying someone on the sanction list. > In a pair of adv

You misread my point. In fact, the article suggests they don't even need to prove that you know you are paying someone on the sanction list. > In a pair of advisories, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warned that facilitators could be prosecuted even if they or the victims did not know that the hackers demanding the ransom were subject to U.S. sanctions. Indeed, that means it is legally dangerous to pay anyone whose identity you don't know. That is what I'm saying, yes.