Crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon and ally get 4 months' jail for using fake passports
The Straits Times|June 21, 2023
A court in Montenegro sentenced cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, who has been charged in the United States with a multibillion-dollar fraud, and his ally to four months in prison for using forged passports, local newspaper Vijesti reported on Monday
Crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon and ally get 4 months' jail for using fake passports

SARAJEVO - A South Korean national, Kwon is the co-founder and former chief executive of South Korea-based Terraform Labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD, which collapsed in May 2022, roiling cryptocurrency markets.

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