クォンドヒョン、韓国の送還無効「懲役100年」の可能性
Kwon Do-hyun's deportation to South Korea is invalid, and he may face 100 years in prison
The issue of the extradition of Kwon Do-Hyoung (CEO of Terraform Labs), the suspect who caused major damage to the financial markets with the collapse of the virtual currency "Terra Luna," has returned to its roots.
On the 5th (local time), the Montenegrin Supreme Court annulled the decision to deport Kwon to South Korea and sent the case back to the original hearing, according to local daily BST.
The Supreme Court has apparently accepted the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's argument that the power to decide on the extradition of criminals lies with the Minister of Justice, not the court.
Prior to this, the Montenegrin Prosecutor's Office had raised concerns about the legitimacy of the Supreme Court's decision to extradite Kwon to South Korea on the 20th of last month.
The Supreme Court then temporarily suspended Kwon's deportation to South Korea and began a legal review. Kwon was scheduled to be deported to South Korea after his release from prison on the 23rd of last month.
Ng was also transferred to a foreigners' detention center until the Supreme Court's decision was made. Kwon's side, who is known to be seeking extradition to South Korea, where the sentences are lighter than those in the United States, said, "The prosecution will pursue Kwon Do-hee at any cost.
"I want to hand Kwon over to a well-known justice minister," he said. Justice Minister Andrej Milovich has publicly stated his intention to extradite Kwon to the U.S. on multiple occasions.
After Kwon was arrested in Montenegro last year, New York prosecutors indicted him on eight charges, including securities fraud, wire fraud, commodity fraud and market manipulation in public offerings.
Kwon and TerraForm Labs committed fraud of at least $40 billion by offering and selling bearer securities to inflict losses on individual and institutional investors.
Bloomberg reported that Kwon faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the securities fraud and wire fraud charges, 10 years for the securities fraud charge, and up to five years for the market manipulation charge.
In Korea, the maximum sentence for economic crimes is usually about 40 years, but in the United States, the maximum sentence is a cumulative sentence that adds up the sentences for each individual crime, making it possible to receive a prison sentence of more than 100 years.
The predominant analysis is that it is possible.
2024/04/06 21:32 KST
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