Friday, November 24, 2023

Do Kwon Extradition OKed by Montenegro Amid SDNY indictment, SEC v Terraform Labs


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 24– The SEC's case against  Terraform Labs is moving toward a January 2024 trial. On November 17 US District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff held a hearing on potential trial experts. Inner City Press live tweet, thread.

  Five days later, Judge Rakoff barred defense experts Unny and Parlour - and in Montenegro,  the Basic Court in Podgorica approved the extradition of Terra founder Do Kwon, with the destination of the extradition to be made by the Montenegrin justice minister after Kwon serves out his four-month prison sentence in Montenegro for document forgery.

The SDNY criminal case is US v. Kwon, 23-cr-151 (Cronan)

More on Substack here

The case is Securities and Exchange Commission v. Terraform Labs Pte Ltd. et al., 23-cv-1346 (Rakoff) 


***

Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron.

sdny

Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com