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Do Kwon, involved in the 2022 cryptocurrency crash case amounting to USD 40 billion, sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a New York court on Thursday. The collapse of TerraUSD and Luna, cryptocurrencies he founded, triggered a $40 billion market crash in 2022, and Kwon admitted to related fraud charges. Kwon, now 34, was arrested in Montenegro in 2023 while attempting to travel to Dubai using a fake passport. He was extradited to the United States at the end of last year and pleaded guilty in a New York court in August this year. The court handed down the sentence today. Kwon still faces fraud charges in South Korea. His company, Terraform Labs, was known for launching various cryptocurrencies.