Fugitives

A pair of Los Angeles convicts who escaped to a European life of luxury under fake names after running a pandemic fraud ring were extradited Thursday from Montenegro to the United States, Montenegrin authorities said.Agents from the U.S. Marshals Service took custody of fugitives Richard Ayvazyan and Marietta Terabelian at the airport in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, local police said.The couple, who abandoned their three teenage children at the Tarzana mansion they bought in part with stolen COVID relief funds,…

South Korean authorities are seeking the arrest of Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs. His company is behind the now-collapsed terraUSD and luna cryptocurrencies. South Korean prosecutors are now seeking to freeze bitcoin linked to Kwon.Woohae Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouth Korean authorities on Thursday began the process of canceling the passport of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon whose company was behind a dramatic $60 billion cryptocurrency collapse.Police have also arrested one…

WASHINGTON — The FBI on Thursday added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the self-proclaimed 'Cryptoqueen,' to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives, and is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.Ignatova, the founder of a cryptocurrency called OneCoin that was launched in 2014, allegedly defrauded investors of more than $4 billion over three years, before disappearing. Europol added her to Europe's most wanted list last month.Investigators say the Bulgarian-based project had no blockchain securing transactions…