The founding father of Terraform Labs, the crypto agency behind the Terra (LUNA) collapse has received an attraction in Montenegro over being extradited to the USA.
In response to an announcement from the Montenegro Appeals Court docket, the choice to extradite Terra founder Do Kwon to the US or South Korea has been overturned.
Kwon was initially arrested by authorities in Montenegro in late March for utilizing a faux Costa Rican passport, although he argued in court docket that he obtained the passport by a reliable company.
On the time, Montenegro was reportedly contemplating extraditing Kwon to the US. Montenegro Justice Minister Andrej Milovic allegedly expressed a desire for sending Kwon to the US moderately than South Korea, which additionally seeks to prosecute him.
Each the US and South Korea need him extradited to face fraud prices associated to the $40 billion collapse of the Terra ecosystem in 2022.
After a court docket in Montenegro authorized Kwon’s extradition to each nations, Kwon appealed the ruling. After profitable the attraction, the Appeals Court docket ordered a retrial within the Podgorica Fundamental Court docket resulting from a choose who refused to listen to Kwon’s arguments.
Montenegro Justice Minister Andrej Milovic can have the ultimate choice on the place Kwon is extradited, if in any respect.
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