Montenegro

Raised on the margins of Buenos Aires, the young Soema Montenegro was drawn to wilderness rather than the Argentinian metropolis, later rejecting the European formality of her conservatory studies for folklore and improvisation. Gifted with a powerful, soaring voice, she has subsequently won international honours as a poet, shaman and social activist. This fifth album is her most accomplished, the “radiant circle” of the title referring to both the sun and a round trip of South American music.Key to its success is…

Do Kwon has pleaded not guilty to charges he faked passports and tried to leave Montenegro. He’s facing even more serious charges in both the U.S. and South Korea.Photo: Risto Bozovic (AP)It turns out that Do Kwon, the man whose Terra stablecoin led to a $40 billion loss in the crypto industry, won’t get out of jail for a few hundred thousand dollars. On Wednesday, a Montenegrin court nixed an earlier deal to give Kwon bail, meaning the man will have to remain in jail while awaiting trial over allegations he tried to skip…

South Korea and the US are seeking the extradition of Do Kwon, an international fugitive accused of a multibillion-dollar fraud, and another suspect arrested in Montenegro last week, the Montenegrin Justice Minister Marko Kovac said on Wednesday. Do Kwon, a South Korean national, is a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former CEO of South Korea-based Terraform Labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD that collapsed in May 2022 and roiled cryptocurrency markets. A US indictment announced last week charged Do Kwon, who…

Terra USD Bitcoin founder Do Kwon has been arrested in Montenegro after months on the run, according to Montenegrin officials. Interior Minister Filip Adzic announced on Twitter that a suspect believed to be Kwon was arrested and detained at an airport in Podgorica, saying he was found in possession of false documents.“Montenegrin police have detained a person suspected of being one of the most wanted fugitives, South Korean citizen Kwon, co-founder, and CEO of Singapore-based Terraform Labs,” Adzic tweeted.The former…

Authorities are verifying the identity of the former South Korean cryptocurrency king, who was apprehended at the Podgorica airport with forged documents. In February, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Kwon and Terraform Labs in Manhattan federal court, accusing them of…

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,…