Montenegro Court Approves Extradition of 'Cryptocurrency King' Do Kwon
Final decision on handover to South Korea or the U.S. awaits completion of Kwon's prison sentence for document forgery.
- Do Kwon, the former CEO of Terraform Labs, has been approved for extradition by a court in Montenegro.
- Kwon is charged in the U.S. with a multibillion-dollar fraud related to the collapse of the stablecoin TerraUSD.
- Kwon and his ally were sentenced in June to four months in prison for using forged passports.
- The final decision on whether Kwon will be handed over to South Korea or the United States will be made by the justice minister after Kwon completes his prison sentence.
- Kwon was detained in late March along with Terraform Labs' former finance officer as they tried to board a flight to Dubai from Podgorica.