S.Korea, US seeking extradition of crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon -Montenegro


FILE PHOTO Do Kwon the cryptocurrency entrepreneur who created the failed Terra UST stablecoin is taken to court in handcuffs to face charges of forging official documents in Podgorica Montenegro March 24 2023. REUTERSStevo Vasiljevic

FILE PHOTO: Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur, who created the failed Terra (UST) stablecoin, is taken to court in handcuffs, to face charges of forging official documents, in Podgorica, Montenegro, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

PODGORICA (Reuters) - South Korea and the U.S. are seeking the extradition of Do Kwon, an international fugitive accused of a multibillion-dollar fraud, and another suspect arrested in Montenegro last week, the Montenegrin Justice Minister Marko Kovac said on Wednesday.

Do Kwon, a South Korean national, is a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former CEO of South Korea-based Terraform Labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD that collapsed in May 2022 and roiled cryptocurrency markets.

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