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Do Kwon, wanted in $40B crypto crash, arrested in Montenegro

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Police in Montenegro say they have arrested Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea following the $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency. South Korea’s Justice

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  1. France 24

    Montenegro says it has arrested Korean Crypto fugitive Do Kwon (opens France 24)

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    Fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, accused of orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar fraud that shook global crypto markets last year, has been arrested in Montenegro along with…

  2. Fox News

    Montenegro police arrest crypto firm founder Do Kwon (opens Fox News)

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    Montenegro police arrested the crypto firm founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea, in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Police: Crypto firm founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Police in Montenegro say they have arrested Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency. Montenegro's

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Police: Crypto firm founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Police: Crypto firm founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro

  5. The Guardian

    Man suspected of being crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    South Korean CEO of Terraform Labs is accused of multi-billion-dollar fraud involving TerraUSD and Luna currencies

  6. Wall Street Journal

    Suspected Crypto Fugitive Arrested in Montenegro (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    A person suspected of being Do Kwon, creator of the failed TerraUSD stablecoin, has been arrested in Montenegro after months of being in hiding, the interior minister of the Balkan country said.

  7. UPI

    Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon arrested at Montenegro airport (opens UPI)

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    Do Kwon, the creator of the now-defunct Terra blockchain, has been arrested at an airport in Montenegro.

  8. Fortune

    Terra founder Do Kwon reportedly arrested in Montenegro (opens Fortune)

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    The crypto founder had been dodging authorities for months. Earlier reports placed him in neighboring Serbia.

  9. New York Times

    Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon Is Arrested in Montenegro, Officials Say (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Mr. Kwon, the entrepreneur behind the failed TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies, was headed to Dubai, Montenegro’s Interior Ministry said.

  10. Gizmodo

    Terra Founder Do Kwon Arrested In Montenegro (opens Gizmodo)

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    Montenegrin authorities believe they arrested Terra founder Do Kwon at a local airport after months on the run.

  11. Omaha World-Herald

    Do Kwon, wanted in $40B crypto crash, arrested in Montenegro (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Police in Montenegro say they have arrested Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea following the $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency. South Korea’s Justice

  12. Gizmodo

    Detained Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon Faces Extradition to U.S. and South Korea (opens Gizmodo)

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    Terra founder Do Kwon was slapped with a new U.S. indictment, while both the U.S. and South Korea want to extradite the once-famed crypto connoisseur.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    US charges crypto fugitive Do Kwon after Montenegro arrest – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies, Terra and Luna, that lost an estimated $40 billion or more last year faces fraud charges in Manhattan after being picked up on an international arrest warrant in Montenegro.

  14. New York Post

    Crypto fugitive Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro months after $40B TerraUSD collapse (opens New York Post)

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    US authorities indicted Kwon on fraud charges the same day of his arrest.

  15. Digital Journal

    South Korea to seek extradition of crypto fugitive Do Kwon (opens Digital Journal)

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    South Korea will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon, prosecutors told AFP Friday, after the Terraform founder was arrested in

  16. KTVZ Bend

    Interpol confirms arrest of crypto fugitive Do Kwon in Montenegro (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Yoonjung Seo, AnneClaire Stapleton and Josh Pennington, CNN Interpol says a man arrested in Montenegro is Kwon Do-hyeong, also known as Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of a collapsed crypto company who is wanted in South Korea and the United States on fraud and other charges.

  17. Los Angeles Times

    Crypto fugitive Do Kwon is arrested in Montenegro and charged with fraud in U.S. (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40-billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was arrested in Montenegro and charged with fraud by U.S. prosecutors.

  18. Quartz

    A South Korean crypto boss was finally arrested after a six-month manhunt (opens Quartz)

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    Terraform Labs' Do Kwon was detained in Montenegro's capital Podgorica.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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