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Roman Semenov

Crime · Export controlled · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Roman Semenov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Roman Semenov · SEMENOV, Roman				[sources]
Weak alias	Poma · Roma				[sources]
Birth date	1987-11-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Novocherkask, Russia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Country	United Arab Emirates · Russia				[sources]
E-Mail	poma@tornado.cash · semenov.roma@gmail.com · semenov.roman@mail.ru · semenovroma@gmail.com				[sources]
Eye color	Green				[sources]
First name	Roman				[sources]
Hair color	Brown				[sources]
Last name	Semenov				[sources]
Passport number	`731969851`				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`DFGASZP5K158`				[sources]
Position	zkSNARK Researcher, Backend Developer, Blockchain Researcher and Developer				[sources]
Ethnicity	White				[sources]
Address	DUBAI, ARE · Dubai · Dubai United Arab Emirates				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-29	Last processed	2025-10-30	First seen	2023-08-23

Descriptions

Semenov has ties to Turkey; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Moscow, Russia.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-06-17

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	TREAS-OFAC		2023-08-23	-

Address
Full address	Country
Dubai	United Arab Emirates

Cryptocurrency wallets
Currency	Address
ETH	`0x43fa21d92141BA9db43052492E0DeEE5aa5f0A93`
ETH	`0x5f48c2a71b2cc96e3f0ccae4e39318ff0dc375b2`

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Designates Roman Semenov, Co-Founder of Sanctioned Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash	2023-08-23

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List35,108

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,534

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,856

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,257

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US FBI Most Wanted471

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

US OFAC Press Releases6,184

US OFAC press releases that provide context and details related to sanctioned entities.

External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: us-fbi-roman-semenov · ofac-44718 · tw-shtc-c46515c996996360d43be4ae015ddff0921f4a33 · tw-shtc-ed6c29251daa655999ce7ea304d7a6998aa8de19 · usgsa-s4mrqp629 · ofac-pr-b79e72d6b54a0315c6fcd8ad8420d228e4025225

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