The Montenegrin excessive courtroom overseeing Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition retrial has determined to ship him again to South Korea as an alternative of the US, native media reported on March 7.
The choice will probably be closing because the case has gone by way of a number of levels of trials and appeals over the previous yr as each nations vied for Kwon’s custody because of the high-profile nature of the case.
The precise timeline of the extradition is unclear because the official courtroom paperwork haven’t been filed as of press time. Nonetheless, it’s unlikely to occur earlier than March 23 as Kwon is serving his forgery sentence till then.
Earlier within the day, reports revealed that South Korea’s Nationwide Police requested the assistance of Interpol to carry Kwon again to his dwelling nation to face costs.
Notably, Kwon had beforehand consented to be deported to South Korea, the place Terra co-founder Daniel Shin is at present dealing with trial for fraud, unlawful fundraising, and violating capital market legal guidelines.
Kwon’s protracted extradition
Kwon’s authorized troubles in Montenegro started final yr when he was arrested for utilizing a solid passport whereas touring with former Terra CFO Han Chang-Joon, who was extradited to South Korea final month.
Kwon has since been in custody, pending extradition proceedings. Montenegro initially determined to ship him to the US because of its ties with the nation. Nonetheless, an appellate courtroom blocked the extradition over breaches of prison process legal guidelines and despatched the case again for retrial.
For months, Kwon has fought in opposition to his extradition to the US. On March 5, the Montenegro Court docket of Appeals revoked his extradition, citing breaches of the nation’s prison process legal guidelines.
US and South Korean authorities have sought Kwon’s trial inside their jurisdictions. Each nations goal to carry him accountable for his involvement within the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic UST stablecoin, which resulted in losses of over $40 billion.
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