Do Kwon charged in the US following confirmed arrest in Montenegro
Terraform Labs (LUNA) founder Do Kwon was charged by the United States authorities hours after he was arrested in Montenegro on March 23, according to a Financial Times report.
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Terraform Labs (LUNA) founder Do Kwon was charged by the United States authorities hours after he was arrested in Montenegro on March 23, according to a Financial Times report.
South Korean prosecutors are working on extraditing crypto fugitive Do Kwon to the country after he was recently detained in Montenegro, according to a report by Channel NewsAsia (CNA) on March 24.
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After trying to evade law enforcement for around six months, Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon has now been taken into police custody in Montenegro.
Do Kwon, the notorious name behind Terra's collapse, was reportedly under arrest by Montenegro's watchdogs at Podgorica Airport on March 23. The news broke out amid the Arbitrum listing taking the community by storm.
Do Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind the cryptocurrency start-up Terraform Labs, has been charged with fraud by US prosecutors.
The manhunt for Terraform Labs' co-founder, Do Kwon, came to an end on Thursday with reports of his arrest in Podgorica, Montenegro. Kwon, who is identified as the mastermind behind the Terra Luna UST collapse, which wiped out over $40 billion from the crypto market, was highly prioritized for arrest by Interpol officers.
Crypto fugitive and Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has been arrested in the small Balkan nation of Montenegro, Interpol has confirmed. Interpol's national central bureau in Seoul, South Korea, told CNN on Friday that his identity was confirmed through a fingerprint match.
US fraud prosecutors charged Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon with an eight-count indictment, including securities and commodities fraud and conspiracy.
Crypto fugitive and Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has been arrested in the small Balkan nation of Montenegro, Interpol has confirmed. Interpol's national central bureau in Seoul, South Korea, told CNN on Friday that his identity was confirmed through a fingerprint match.
The founder of the crypto Terra, Do Kwon, was arrested in Montenegro at the airport in the capital Podgorica in possession of false documents.
Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, was detained at an airport in Podgorica, Montenegro on Thursday, South Korean prosecutors and Interpol have now confirmed his identity. South Korea, the U.S., and Singapore seek extradition of Do Kwon.
He is already facing SEC's civil charges for fraud. He was arrested on Thursday by Montenegro police.
A once-promising crypto entrepreneur has become the latest fugitive on the run from the law.
Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon and former Chai Corporation CEO Shin Hyun-seung (aka Daniel Shin) founded a company involved in the crypto-asset business in Serbia.
US prosecutors will seek the extradition on fraud charges of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon after his arrest in Montenegro. Kwon helped create the TerraUSD stablecoin which collapsed last May triggering a $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion.
Hours after Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon was arrested by police in Montenegro, New York, federal prosecutors charged him with five criminal charges related to fraud.
The Terraform Labs CEO is now facing fraud charges in South Korea, the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors in New York.
Do Kwon has been charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and commodities fraud, the indictment shows
Federal prosecutors charged Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon with fraud after he was arrested in Montenegro.
Terra network's native tokens dropped slightly amid reports of founder Do Kwon getting arrested in Montenegro on March 23.
An official in Montenegro said a person suspected to be TerraUS developer Do Kwon was arrested Thursday at the airport carrying falsified documents.
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On March 23, Montenegro's Minister of the Interior, Filip Adzic, announced that a suspect believed to be Terra Luna co-founder Do Kwon had been arrested within Montenegro's borders.