Montenegro has agreed to extradite Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon to the USA after a prolonged authorized battle. The nation's Justice Minister signed the extradition doc regardless of a request from South Korea.
After a prolonged authorized battle, Montenegro has agreed to extradite South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Hyung Do Kwon, often called the "king of cryptocurrency," to the USA. This was reported by Related Press (AP), UNN stories.
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It’s famous that in April, the US held a trial in absentia towards Do Kwon. He and Terraform labs have been discovered liable on civil fraud fees for deceptive buyers.
Minister Bojan Božović points a doc authorizing the switch to the USA of Do Kwon, the founding father of Singaporean crypto agency Terraform Labs, who was arrested in Montenegro final yr
– the assertion mentioned.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t point out how lengthy the extradition will happen.
The extradition order got here after months of litigation in Do Kwon's case. Each South Korea and the USA had requested his extradition. Varied courts in Montenegro have issued and reversed quite a few choices on this regard in latest months, generally contradicting one another.
The assertion by the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro cited the most recent resolution of the Supreme Court docket of Montenegro, which mentioned that the circumstances for extradition of Do Kwon to one of many two international locations had been met, and that the ultimate resolution was as much as the Minister of Justice.
On Friday, the ministry mentioned that there are extra authorized standards in favor of extradition to the USA.
Do Kwon's legal professionals in Montenegro said that they realized in regards to the resolution from the media and that their consumer can’t be extradited till they obtain the choice.
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