The Wall Street Journal

The hunt for crypto’s most famous fugitive

The hunt for crypto’s most famous fugitive
Do Kwon is taken outside of court on June 16, 2023 in Podgorica, Montenegro. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Alexander Osipovich, Jiyoung Sohn, Weilun Soon and Drew HinshawFallen crypto tycoon Do Kwon was ready to get out of Montenegro. He and his colleague arrived at the small Balkan country’s main airport, where a Bombardier business jet was waiting to take them to Dubai. Inside the VIP terminal, Kwon handed his passport to an immigration officer, who swiped it. An alert flashed across the officer’s screen. Kwon, it said, was the target of an Interpol red notice – a request to police around the world to arrest him.  Kw...

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