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Ruja Ignatova is also suspected of hiding in Montenegro, she is behind the OneCoin ponzi scheme and has successfully been on the run for 5 years now. It appears that Do Kwon did a very rookie mistake by believing he could take a plane at the airport like every one else.
How is that a rookie mistake, it’s total idiocy
Amazing that it took this long to find and arrest him.
Ruja Ignatova is also suspected of hiding in Montenegro, she is behind the OneCoin ponzi scheme and has successfully been on the run for 5 years now. It appears that Do Kwon did a very rookie mistake by believing he could take a plane at the airport like every one else.
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This sounds like Hollywood reality for white collar. Here is actual reality: > "Hey Do, I just want to let you know, jail is not that bad," Shkreli said. "So don't fret – I hope it doesn't happen. If it does happen ... it's not that bad." - Martin Shkreli https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/08/pharma-bro-mart...
The general rule of thumb, is that, if it's nonviolent, and less than ten years, it's Camp Cupcake (minimum security -no walls). If it's over a decade, or violent/escape risk, then it's Leavenworth. I've known folks that have done both.
Edit: per usual folks come out of the woodwork to accuse Ross of murder-for-hire despite the fact he was not convicted of any murder related charge, only generic conspiracies for which the overt act could have been a number of options (such as drug distribution). The jury never specifically said the overt act they convicted the conspiracy was murder for hire, yet the judge sentenced him as if he were guilty of that.
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> "Death Valley can't be a desert because it rained there today" Not arguing for or against Montenegrin corruption. Just saying that this incident doesn't contribute to the corruption theory.
Was parent comment really suggesting that this incident (Do Kwon’s arrest) contributes to the corruption theory? I read it as suggesting that Do Kwon’s decision to take up residence there contributed to the corruption theory
"A place with so much corruption" reads to me as a statement of fact, not perception. (Montenegro clocks in between China and Jamaica on the latter [1].)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
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You might need to update estimations about Transnistria's mid-term availability
Weev went to transnistria, stayed the 1 year it takes to get the passport, and then somehow is living in Ukraine off that passport despite the fact it isn't even recognized by Ukraine. There's also several other 'microstates' that recognize Transnistria's passport, so presumably once you have it you can stay in one of those places. If a fugitive doesn't mind living in a bumfuck mountain or desert with nothing but a c…
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"Death Valley can't be a desert because it rained there today"
> "Death Valley can't be a desert because it rained there today" Not arguing for or against Montenegrin corruption. Just saying that this incident doesn't contribute to the corruption theory.
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Justin Sun and Do Kwon are [edit for clarity: among] the worst of the space, so IMO, this represents a crackdown on scammers not on the ecosystem. Everyone should like this, even me :)
> Justin Sun and Do Kwon are the worst of the space... Among the worst, I would say; the other three top spots go to Sam Bankman Fried of FTX, Changpeng Zhao of Binance, and whatever specter is running Tether.
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It's not exactly a big airport, not a lot of flights: https://montenegroairports.com/en/podgorica-airport/ His last known whereabouts were in Serbia, and Belgrade - Podgorica have about five flights per day both ways.
If he flew from Serbia to Montenegro it would have just been completely dumb, crossing the land border would have been much safer for him. I suspect he was trying to leave for somewhere very far away but his Passport did not fool the airport staff
I wouldn't say any of them were a particularly smart choice.
Between this and the Justin Sun news yesterday is this some kind of crypto crackdown?
Yes. Add to your list the seizure of Signature Bank, and this week’s rumors of Operation Choke Point 2.0 focused on keeping commercial banks out of crypto