Trump Administration Removes Three Spyware-Linked Execs From Sanctions List

Reuters reports that the United States Department of the Treasury under the Donald Trump administration has lifted sanctions on three executives linked to the spyware firm Intellexa. Reuters reports: The move partially reverses the imposition of sanctions last year by then-President Joe Biden's administration on seven people tied to Intellexa. The Treasury Department at the time described the consortium, opens new tab, launched by former Israeli intelligence official Tal Dilian, as 'a complex international web of decentralized companies that built and commercialized a comprehensive suite of highly invasive spyware products.'

Treasury said in an email that the removal 'was done as part of the normal administrative process in response to a petition request for reconsideration.' It added that each of the individuals had 'demonstrated measures to separate themselves from the Intellexa Consortium.'

The notice said sanctions were lifted on Sara Hamou, whom the U.S. government accused of providing managerial services to Intellexa, Andrea Gambazzi, whose company was alleged by the U.S. government to have held the distribution rights to the Predator spyware, and Merom Harpaz, described by U.S. officials as a top executive in the consortium.

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