Do Kwon Denies False Passport Claims - Coinleaks
Current Date:September 21, 2024

Do Kwon Denies False Passport Claims

Do Kwondenied that he had forged travel documents and had any financial ties to Europe Now party leader Milojko Spajic.

Terraform Labs ‘s founder, Do Kwon, testified to the Montenegrin court that he was unaware that the passport he was traveling with was fake and instead blamed it on a China-based agency. South Korea news source Segye IlboKwon told the Montenegrin court that he received his allegedly fake passports through third-party agents, according to a June 17 report.

Milojko Spajic also denies the allegations

“I got my Costa Rican passport through a Singaporean agency recommended to me by a friend, and my Belgian passport through another agency,” Do Kwon said in a statement.

Do Kwon also stated that since he has been traveling with a Costa Rican passport for years, he has no reason to doubt the authenticity of the passport. The prosecution asked Kwon for more details about which agency he got his passports from, but Kwon added that he couldn’t remember exactly and simply knew the agency’s name was in Chinese.

Kwon is Montenegro’s former finance minister and current leader of the Europe Now party, in addition to denying that he forged travel documents. Milojko SpajicHe also denied allegations that he made any financial donations to .

Radio Free Europe Kwon allegedly clashed with Spajic in a letter he sent to some Montenegrin officials days before the country’s last elections, according to a report by its regional unit on 17 June. Kwon’s lawyers state that these allegations are absolutely untrue. Spajic also denied any connection to Kwon. However, rumors about financial ties between them were widely covered in various news sources in Montenegro.

Judge after trial Ivana Becic announced that it will make its decision on fraud charges on 19 June. Kwon, district court South KoreaWhile evaluating the extradition request, he will be kept under extradition surveillance for six months.