Alleged crypto fraudster Do Kwon was facing multiple federal charges in the United States Thursday after being extradited from Montenegro. He was a fugitive wanted in the 2022 $40 billion TerraUSD collapse.

Do Kwon, the founder of the Terra crypto ecosystem, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a New York court after being extradited from Montenegro. The collapse of Terra in 2022 led to a $40 billion loss for investors, with allegations of securities fraud and money laundering against Kwon.

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S.

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro on Tuesday extradited a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” to the United States, following a decision of its justice ministry earlier this month to accept a U.S. request, while refusing a South Korean handover plea, the Balkan country’s authorities said.

Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was set to appear in U.S. court on Thursday to face criminal fraud charges after being extradited from Montenegro this week.

Hyung Do Kwon walked into a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday, calm and collected, as if the $40 billion collapse of Terraform Labs wasn’t sitting on his

Terraform Labs Pte. co-founder Do Kwon made his first appearance in New York federal court to face fraud charges tied to the $40 billion collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin.