Crypto mogul Do Kwon extradited to U.S. to face fraud charges
![Montenegrin police officers escort Korean citizen Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica, on March 23, 2024. [AP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/01/01/aea3bf75-f163-4d2f-bba4-918945ebd17c.jpg)
Montenegrin police officers escort Korean citizen Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica, on March 23, 2024. [AP]
Montenegro on Tuesday extradited a Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States, following a decision of its justice ministry earlier this month to accept a U.S. request, while refusing a Korean handover plea, the Balkan country’s authorities said.
Police said that officers of the National Central Bureau of Interpol in Montenegro handed over Do Kwon, the founder of the Singapore crypto firm Terraform…
