U.S. Treasury sanctions Canadian firms connected to Ryan Wedding
OTTAWA — The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran’s government.
The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario in coordination with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog.
The U.S. Treasury says several of the entities being sanctioned also worked with Ryan Wedding, the alleged drug kingpin and former Canadian Olympic snowboarder.
The department names several companies based in Ontario and British Columbia, including the Million Exchange, NIA Nations Currency, Farah Exchange, Darvish Exchange and several numbered companies.

