Do Kwon to Stand Trial in Montenegro, May Serve Time Before Extradition

Before extradition, Terraform Labs laminitis Do Kwon volition archetypal person to basal proceedings successful Montenegro for traveling connected a fake passport, according to his lawyer successful the country. The fugitive crypto entrepreneur whitethorn besides person to service clip successful situation earlier helium is extradited from the Balkan nation, its justness curate indicated.

Alleged South Korean Crypto Fraudster Do Kwon Stays successful the Balkans for Now, Officials Say

Kwon Do-Hyung, the CEO of the institution down crashed stablecoin terrausd and cryptocurrency luna who is amended known arsenic Do Kwon, volition look proceedings successful Montenegro. He was arrested determination connected March 23 portion trying to permission for Dubai utilizing a mendacious Costa Rican passport.

Terraform Labs co-founder’s proceedings for utilizing forged idiosyncratic documents “must beryllium completed first” earlier helium tin beryllium extradited to different countries, his Montenegrin lawyer Vojislav Zečević told South Korea’s Yonhap quality bureau connected Tuesday.

Authorities successful some South Korea and the United States are seeking Kwon’s extradition. However, the authoritative investigating the lawsuit was quoted arsenic saying connected Monday that the process is apt to instrumentality immoderate clip arsenic judicial authorities successful Montenegro mean to indict him.

Zečević present added that helium intends to entreaty the tribunal bid extending Kwon’s pre-trial detention. The Korean was initially arrested for 72 hours but a section tribunal extended the measurement to 30 days, citing the formation hazard and the request to verify his identity.

Kwon’s lawyer claims the said passport was morganatic but according to a Bloomberg report, a forged Belgian passport was besides recovered successful his luggage. Meanwhile, Montenegro’s Interior Minister Filip Adžić revealed that investigators besides recovered 3 laptops and 5 mobile phones belonging to Kwon that carried a batch of “very interesting” information.

In different report, Bloomberg quoted Montenegro’s Justice Minister Marko Kovač who said that a justice volition determine if Do Kwon volition beryllium extradited to the U.S. oregon South Korea. He besides emphasized that Kwon whitethorn archetypal person to service clip successful the tiny European federation if convicted of traveling connected fake documents.

“Consideration volition beryllium fixed to the gravity of crimes, the determination of committed offenses, the series of requests, arsenic good arsenic the citizenship” of the suspects, Kovač elaborated connected Wednesday. Kwon was arrested unneurotic with different antheral who has since been identified arsenic Terraform’s Chief Financial Officer, Han Chang-joon.

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