USA v. Kwon

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cr-00151

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Paul A. Engelmayer

  1. January 08, 2025

    Criminal Case Against Terraform Founder Said To Exceed SEC's

    The $40 billion criminal case against Terraform founder Do Kwon contains evidence such as recordings and seized mobile phones that exceed what securities regulators presented when they prevailed against him at a civil fraud trial, prosecutors said Wednesday.

  2. January 06, 2025

    Terraform Victims May Exceed 1M, Feds Say In Notice Request

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked a Manhattan federal judge for permission to issue a public notice to notify potential victims of defunct cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs' creator Do Kwon's alleged $40 billion fraud, saying there are too many victims — potentially more than one million — to do individual outreach.

  3. January 06, 2025

    Giuliani's Held In Contempt, Terraform Founder Denies Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge held Rudy Giuliani in contempt over a $148 million defamation judgment, after the former New York City mayor cited memory lapses during questioning about the case. Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon was arraigned in New York and denied orchestrating a $40 billion fraud, with a follow-up hearing scheduled for Jan. 8. Celsius Network appealed a Delaware bankruptcy judge's decision to deny its amended $444.6 million claim against FTX. 

  4. January 02, 2025

    Terraform Founder Arraigned In NY, Denies $40B Crypto Fraud

    Terraform Labs creator Do Kwon appeared Thursday before a Manhattan federal judge to deny charges that he orchestrated a $40 billion fraud on customers and investors who backed the cryptocurrency platform based on promises that it had real-world viability.

  5. August 01, 2024

    Montenegro Court Affirms Kwon's Extradition To South Korea

    Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is set to face criminal charges over the crypto project's collapse in South Korea after the Appellate Court of Montenegro on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision to refuse an extradition request from the U.S.

  6. March 29, 2024

    What's Next On Courts' Crypto Docket After Bankman-Fried

    The 25-year prison sentence for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left the crypto industry one step closer to putting the fallout of "crypto winter" behind it, but there are still other cases with broad implications for the industry set to take over Manhattan courtrooms soon.

  7. March 22, 2024

    5 Things To Know As SEC Takes Terraform Fraud Case To Trial

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against collapsed cryptocurrency project Terraform and its creator Do Kwon takes center stage next week in U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff's courtroom in Manhattan, and at its heart is a question of whether the business deceived investors in the lead-up to the collapse that helped set off the so-called crypto winter.

  8. January 16, 2024

    Terraform Trial Pushed To March Amid Founder's Extradition

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday pushed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud trial against Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, to March to give Kwon a better chance of attending the trial as he awaits extradition from Montenegro, where he's being held on criminal fraud charges.