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Eugene

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Tue Jun 20, 2023, 02:25 AM Jun 2023

TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed

Source: BBC

TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed

20 June 2023

By Peter Hoskins
Business reporter

Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn (£31.3bn) collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been sentenced to four months of jail in Montenegro.

Mr Kwon was found guilty of forging official documents.

He was arrested in March as he tried to board a flight to Dubai at Podgorica Airport, in the country's capital.

Mr Kwon also faces charges in the US and South Korea over the collapse of the two digital tokens last year.

The former finance officer of Mr Kwon's company Terraform Labs, Han Chang-joon, was also sentenced to four months in prison after being found guilty of the same charges.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65957999


Do Kwon arriving at court in Montenegro (Getty Images)

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