FBI, NY authorities probes collapse of TerraUSD stablecoin: Report
1 min readThe United States Justice Department is reportedly investigating the
Since the collapse, Kwon reportedly left South Korea for Singapore, Dubai, and now Serbia, where he is now believed to be, according to South Korean officials. Two South Korean authorities were recently sent to Serbia to find Kwon but were unsuccessful in their search attempts.
Kwon, however, claims he is not “on the run” despite the South Korean prosecutors issuing Kwon an arrest warrant on Sept. 14 and a red notice filed by Interpol, the global law enforcement agency, on Sept. 26.
Kwon told podcaster Laura Shin in October that he hasn’t seen a copy of the South Korean arrest warrant, and has continued to deny fraud allegations on social media.
I am not “on the run” or anything similar – for any government agency that has shown interest to communicate, we are in full cooperation and we don’t have anything to hide
— Do Kwon (@stablekwon) September 17, 2022
Meanwhile, New York prosecutors are understood to be investigating a series of chat-group investigations from former members at Jump Trading, Jane Street and Alameda Research, Bloomberg reported on March 13. Alameda filed for bankruptcy alongside FTX in November.
The investigation is reportedly looking into whether market manipulation tactics were involved in the TerraUSD stablecoin project.
Cointelegraph reached out to Terraform Labs but did not receive an immediate response.