South Korean Crypto-Boss Do Kwon To Be Extradited To US
(Friday December 27, 2024 @05:42PM (BeauHD)
from the months-in-the-making dept.)
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Montenegro has [1]approved the extradition of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon to the United States over his role in the collapse of TerraUSD and Luna tokens, which [2]wiped out $40 billion from investors and destabilized global crypto markets. The BBC reports:
> "The Minister of Justice, Bojan Bozovic, issued a decision approving the extradition of the accused, Kwon Do Hyung, to the United States of America," the Ministry of Justice announced said in a statement. "It was concluded that the majority of the criteria prescribed by law favor the extradition request from the competent authorities of the United States of America," the statement said. It added that Kwon had consented to be extradited to both South Korea and the United States.
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> In February, US regulators charged Kwon and his company Terraform Labs with "orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud." "We allege that Terraform and Do Kwon failed to provide the public with full, fair, and truthful disclosure as required for a host of crypto asset securities, most notably for Luna and TerraUSD," US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler said in a statement at the time. The US alleged that Kwon repeatedly claimed that the tokens would increase in value, and misled investors about the stability of TerraUSD.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7r8xr3v76o
[2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/12/1534216/cryptocurrency-luna-now-almost-worthless-after-controversial-stablecoin-it-is-linked-to-loses-peg
> "The Minister of Justice, Bojan Bozovic, issued a decision approving the extradition of the accused, Kwon Do Hyung, to the United States of America," the Ministry of Justice announced said in a statement. "It was concluded that the majority of the criteria prescribed by law favor the extradition request from the competent authorities of the United States of America," the statement said. It added that Kwon had consented to be extradited to both South Korea and the United States.
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> In February, US regulators charged Kwon and his company Terraform Labs with "orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud." "We allege that Terraform and Do Kwon failed to provide the public with full, fair, and truthful disclosure as required for a host of crypto asset securities, most notably for Luna and TerraUSD," US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler said in a statement at the time. The US alleged that Kwon repeatedly claimed that the tokens would increase in value, and misled investors about the stability of TerraUSD.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7r8xr3v76o
[2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/05/12/1534216/cryptocurrency-luna-now-almost-worthless-after-controversial-stablecoin-it-is-linked-to-loses-peg
Missed opportunity (Score:2)
by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )
His parents should've named him "Tai Kwon".
DOH! (Score:2)
Another cryptoscam collapses.
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I suppose someone must have said that, but I've never encountered the claim. Of course, I mainly ignore crypto. (And even so I've encountered repeated examples where it *was*, at least apparently, a vehicle for organized crime. (Though I couldn't generally guess how large an organization. Remember, 3 people is enough the have an organization.)
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You'd think, but he's actually tapped to be the Exit Liquidity Tsar.