Do Kwon In For a Hard Time in the Montenegro Prison: Report
- Selon un avocat de la défense pénale, Do Kwon devrait traverser une période difficile dans le système pénitentiaire du Monténégro, connu pour ses conditions difficiles.
- L'avocat a déclaré que le système carcéral reste le même que ceux mentionnés dans le rapport 2020 sur les droits de l'homme du département d'État américain.
- Prisons in Montenegro are known for their “poor conditions” due to being overcrowded and lacking in proper medical care for the inmates.
- The lawyer added that rooms in the prisons are “8 meters squared and very crowded,” and around 10 to 11 people are living together in a room.
- Do Kwon pourrait devoir passer un an dans les prisons monténégrines avant d'être extradé vers les États-Unis à la suite de la décision dans son affaire en cours dans le pays.
Do Kwon, the mastermind behind the Terra ecosystem, which collapsed in May 2022, wiping off more than $40 billion from the global crypto market capitalization, was detained in Montenegro earlier this month and has been accused of defrauding investors. Interestingly, it seems that the conditions of the crypto entrepreneur are expected to worsen in the coming days, as a report claims that the creator of LUNC and USTC will face harsh conditions in the country’s penal system.
Selon le rapport from Protos, a criminal defense lawyer who did not reveal their identity said that the country’s jail conditions and prisons remain the same as those mentioned in the 2020 human rights report by the United States State Department.
Le rapport aussi cité a case wherein prison officers were accused of torturing and “inflicting grievous bodily harm” on 11 inmates in 2015 and as a result, were convicted for the same. Do Kwon is destined to remain in the Montenegro prison for a significant amount of time while he awaits extradition to the US.
Further, some of the prisons in Montenegro are known for their “poor conditions” due to being overcrowded and lacking in proper medical care for the inmates. The US State Department cited reports from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, stating that a majority of prisoners were confined within overcrowded cell walls for 23 hours, and there were reports of violence between inmates as well.
Il est important de mentionner ici que Do Kwon pourrait être passible d'un an de prison au Monténégro avant d'être extradé vers les États-Unis. Cependant, la durée dépend également de la décision prise par le juge dans son affaire concernant l'utilisation alléguée de faux documents de voyage pour entrer dans le pays.
“In the case when we receive several extradition requests, I would like to say that determining to which state they will be extradited is based on several factors like the severity of the committed criminal offense, the location and time when the criminal offense has been committed, the order in which we have received the request for extradition and several other factors,” a dit Montenegrin Justice Minister Marko Kovač regarding the extradition of Do Kwon.
According to the Protos report, the lawyer added that rooms in the Montenegrin prisons are “8 meters squared and very crowded,” and around 10 to 11 people are living together in a room. Sometimes, there’s not even a bed in the prison cells.
Comme indiqué précédemment par Bitnation, la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) des États-Unis a officiellement déposé une procès contre Do Kwon et Terraform Labs, accusing them of orchestrating “a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud.” The lawsuit stated that the two also marketed Anchor Protocol and misled investors with promises of high returns.
En 2022, le jeton LUNA (maintenant connu sous le nom de LUNC), était classé parmi les 10 meilleures crypto-monnaies du marché de la crypto, tandis que Anchor Protocol était un protocole DeFi avec l'un des TVL les plus élevés de l'espace crypto. L'effondrement de l'écosystème Terra a entraîné l'effondrement de la plateforme de prêt cryptographique Celsius Network et du fonds spéculatif cryptographique Three Arrows Capital.