黑山将韩国加密货币专家 Do Kwon 引渡到美国

他的律师谴责这一决定非法且违反欧洲引渡公约。

Montenegro said Friday it will extradite to the United States the South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon, who is also wanted by Seoul for the multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy of his company, Terraform Labs.

黑山周五表示，将把韩国加密货币专家 Do Kwon 引渡到美国，他也因其公司 Terraform Labs 破产数十亿美元而受到首尔通缉。

His lawyers denounced the decision as illegal and contrary to European conventions on extradition.

他的律师谴责这一决定非法且违反欧洲引渡公约。

For months, Seoul and Washington have been seeking the South Korean's extradition for his suspected role in a fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped out about $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets.

几个月来，首尔和华盛顿一直在寻求引渡这名韩国人，因为他涉嫌参与与公司失败有关的欺诈行为，该事件导致投资者损失了约 400 亿美元的资金，并震动了全球加密货币市场。

Justice Minister Bojan Bozovic "issued a decision approving the extradition of the accused, Kwon Do Hyung, to the United States of America," the justice ministry said, referring to him by his full name.

司法部表示，司法部长博扬·博佐维奇“发布了一项决定，批准将被告权道亨引渡到美利坚合众国”。他指的是他的全名。

The decision followed a year and a half of court rulings and subsequent reversals regarding his extradition.

这一决定是在法院对他的引渡做出一年半的裁决以及随后的撤销之后做出的。

"It was concluded that the majority of the criteria prescribed by law favour the extradition request" from the United States, the ministry added in a statement.

该部在一份声明中补充说，“得出的结论是，法律规定的大多数标准都支持美国的引渡请求”。

The crypto tycoon was arrested in March at the airport in Podgorica, the Montenegrin capital, while preparing to board a flight to Dubai, in possession of a fake Costa Rican passport.

这位加密货币大亨于 3 月份在黑山首都波德戈里察机场被捕，当时他持有假哥斯达黎加护照，准备登机飞往迪拜。

Before his arrest, he had been on the run for months, fleeing South Korea and later Singapore, before his company went bankrupt in 2022.

在被捕之前，他已经逃亡了几个月，先后逃离韩国和新加坡，直到他的公司于 2022 年破产。

After a series of rulings by the Montenegrin courts, approving and then cancelling extradition requests, the country's Constitutional Court lifted the final hurdle on Tuesday.

在黑山法院做出一系列裁决、批准然后取消引渡请求后，该国宪法法院于周二扫除了最后的障碍。

It said in a ruling that previous proceedings "ensured the appellant's right to a fair trial and did not raise concerns about a possible violation of the right to family life".

它在裁决中表示，先前的诉讼程序“确保了上诉人获得公平审判的权利，并且没有引起对可能侵犯家庭生活权的担忧”。

The court also said that Kwon, during the hearing, "personally consented to expedited extradition to both the Republic of South Korea and the United States".

法院还表示，权在听证会上“个人同意快速引渡到韩国和美国”。

Kwon's Montenegrin lawyers, Marija Radulovic and Goran Rodic, said in a statement to AFP that they had not been provided with the ministry's full decision.

权的黑山律师玛丽亚·拉杜洛维奇（Marija Radulovic）和戈兰·罗迪奇（Goran Rodic）在给法新社的一份声明中表示，他们尚未获得该部的完整决定。

They called that "a drastic violation of Do Kwon's fundamental human rights, namely the right to defence and the right to appeal".

他们称这“严重侵犯了Do Kwon的基本人权，即辩护权和上诉权”。

Montenegro had already deported Kwon's business partner -- identified only by his initials J.C.H. -- to South Korea in early February.

黑山已于二月初将权的商业伙伴（仅以他姓名首字母 JCH 标识）驱逐到韩国。

Terraform Labs created a cryptocurrency called TerraUSD that was marketed as a "stablecoin", a token that is pegged to stable assets such as the US dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations.

Terraform Labs 创建了一种名为 TerraUSD 的加密货币，作为“稳定币”进行销售，这是一种与美元等稳定资产挂钩的代币，以防止剧烈波动。

Do Kwon successfully marketed them as the next big thing in crypto, attracting billions in investments and global hype.

Do Kwon 成功地将它们推销为加密货币领域的下一个重大事件，吸引了数十亿美元的投资和全球炒作。

Media reports in South Korea described him as a "genius".

韩国媒体报道称他为“天才”。

But despite billions in investments, TerraUSD and its sister token Luna went into a death spiral in May 2022.

但尽管投资数十亿美元，TerraUSD 及其姊妹代币 Luna 仍于 2022 年 5 月陷入死亡螺旋。

Experts said Kwon had set up a glorified Ponzi scheme, in which many investors lost their life savings.

专家表示，权某制定了一个美化的庞氏骗局，许多投资者失去了毕生积蓄。

He left South Korea before the crash and spent months on the run.

他在坠机事件发生前离开韩国并逃亡了数月。

In January, Terraform Labs officially sought bankruptcy protection in the United States.

今年1月，Terraform Labs正式在美国寻求破产保护。

The bankruptcy filing would allow Terraform "to execute on its business plan while navigating ongoing legal proceedings, including representative litigation pending in Singapore and US litigation involving the Securities and Exchange Commission," the company said in a statement.

该公司在一份声明中表示，破产申请将使 Terraform“能够执行其商业计划，同时完成正在进行的法律诉讼，包括新加坡悬而未决的代表诉讼以及涉及美国证券交易委员会的诉讼”。

It said it also intended to "meet all financial obligations to employees and vendors".

该公司表示，还打算“履行对员工和供应商的所有财务义务”。

Cryptocurrencies have come under increasing scrutiny from regulators after a string of controversies in recent years, including the high-profile collapse of the exchange FTX.

近年来，在发生一系列争议之后，包括交易所 FTX 的高调倒闭，加密货币受到了监管机构越来越严格的审查。