权道 (Do Kwon) 距离在韩国接受审判又近了一步

现已倒闭的区块链协议 Terraform Labs 的联合创始人 Do Kwon 一直处于国际打击行动的中心

After a drawn-out legal battle spanning over 16 months, the Montenegrin Court of Appeal has finally ruled that cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will be extradited to his home country of South Korea, rejecting a parallel extradition request from the United States.

经过 16 个多月的旷日持久的法律斗争，黑山上诉法院最终裁定，加密货币企业家 Do Kwon 将被引渡到他的祖国韩国，同时拒绝了美国的平行引渡请求。

This decision marks a victory for South Korean prosecutors, who have been pursuing Kwon since he went on the run in September 2022. The implosion of his company’s Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies wiped out an estimated $40 billion in investor funds, prompting both South Korean and US authorities to seek to bring Kwon to justice, accusing him of orchestrating a massive fraud.

这一决定标志着韩国检察官的胜利，自 2022 年 9 月权逃亡以来，韩国检察官一直在追捕他。他的公司的 Luna 和 TerraUSD 加密货币的崩溃导致估计 400 亿美元的投资者资金蒸发，促使韩国和美国都陷入困境。当局寻求将权绳之以法，指控他策划了大规模欺诈案。

The Montenegrin court's decision, announced on August 1, now concludes a legal saga that has played out in the Balkan country since Kwon’s arrest at Podgorica airport in March 2023. According to local media reports, the judge overseeing the case ruled that South Korea’s extradition request took precedence over the American one. This is because South Korea's request was submitted first, in line with Montenegro’s existing extradition treaty with South Korea, which takes precedence over its agreement with the United States.

黑山法院于 8 月 1 日宣布的裁决，为自 2023 年 3 月权在波德戈里察机场被捕以来在巴尔干国家上演的法律传奇画上句号。据当地媒体报道，负责此案的法官裁定韩国的引渡请求不成立。优先于美国的。这是因为，根据黑山与韩国现有的引渡条约，韩国的请求首先提出，该条约优先于黑山与美国的协议。

“This is the second legally binding court decision on the extradition of Do Kwon to South Korea,” explained Do Kwon’s lawyer, Goran Rodić, in a statement. “It is fully in accordance with the law and international treaties that regulate the extradition of persons wanted for criminal prosecution or serving a sentence.”

“这是关于将 Do Kwon 引渡到韩国的第二个具有法律约束力的法院判决，”Do Kwon 的律师戈兰·罗迪奇 (Goran Rodić) 在一份声明中解释道。 “这完全符合规范引渡刑事诉讼或服刑通缉人员的法律和国际条约。”

The ruling comes after Do Kwon and his business partner, Chang Joon, were sentenced to four months in prison in Montenegro for attempting to flee the country using forged passports. After serving their sentences, Kwon was placed in a shelter for foreigners near the capital, Podgorica, where he has been awaiting the outcome of the extradition proceedings. Chang Joon, on the other hand, was successfully extradited to South Korea.

这项裁决是在 Do Kwon 和他的商业伙伴 Chang Joon 因试图使用伪造护照逃离该国而在黑山被判处四个月监禁之后做出的。刑满释放后，权被安置在首都波德戈里察附近的外国人收容所，他一直在那里等待引渡程序的结果。另一方面，张俊被成功引渡到韩国。

Do Kwon's legal troubles, however, extend far beyond Montenegro. In April, a jury in New York declared Kwon and Terraform Labs liable for civil fraud, agreeing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that they had deceived investors. The company subsequently agreed to pay a $4.5 billion settlement with the SEC.

然而，Do Kwon 的法律麻烦远远超出了黑山共和国的范围。今年 4 月，纽约陪审团宣布 Kwon 和 Terraform Labs 承担民事欺诈责任，并与美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 一致认为他们欺骗了投资者。该公司随后同意向 SEC 支付 45 亿美元的和解金。

Despite this civil settlement, the US government remained insistent in its demand that Montenegro extradite Kwon and prosecute him criminally for his misdeeds in the crypto market. However, this latest ruling by the Montenegrin Supreme Court represents a setback to US authorities’ expectations.

尽管达成了民事和解，美国政府仍然坚持要求黑山引渡 Kwon，并因他在加密货币市场的不当行为对他提起刑事诉讼。然而，黑山最高法院的最新裁决却辜负了美国当局的期望。

At the time of writing, the blockchain's native token Luna Classic (LUNC) is trading at $0.00007379, down more than 9% in the last 24 hours. Over longer time frames, the token is also down 15% and 8% over the fourteen and thirty day periods, respectively.

截至撰写本文时，区块链原生代币 Luna Classic (LUNC) 的交易价格为 0.00007379 美元，在过去 24 小时内下跌超过 9%。在更长的时间范围内，代币在 14 天和 30 天的时间段内也分别下跌了 15% 和 8%。