Prosecutor says Do Kwon's extradition to South Korea would best serve Terraform Labs' victims: Report
The former Terraform Labs CEO could face 40 years in jail in South Korea, the country where he committed most of his crimes, according to local authorities. South Korean authorities are seeking the extradition of the co-founder and former CEO of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon. The prosecutor overseeing the investigation believes his repatriation would best serve the victims of the TerraUSD (USTC) and LUNA token collapses, The Wall Street Journal reported. South Korea is the place where most of the crimes Kwon is accused of took place, according to Dan Sung-han, leader of South Korean prosecutors investigating the crash of the two cryptocurrencies, which erased nearly $40 billion from the Terra ecosystem. “Given the nature of this incident, we think investigating the case in South Korea would be the most efficient way of bringing justice” to investors, the prosecutor said in an interview with the newspaper. Do Kwon, also a South Korean citizen, was arrested in Montenegro in March and indic...