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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Terra cofounder Daniel Shin charged with fraud in South Korea as former CEO Do Kwon still detained in Montenegro

Daniel Shin, cofounder of Terraform Labs, arrives at the Seoul Southern District Court on Dec. 2, 2022. (Credit: SeongJoon Cho—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday filed multiple charges against 10 people, including a cofounder of Terraform Labs, which created the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and its sister cryptocurrency, Luna, that collapsed last year and cost investors tens of billions of dollars.

The charges against Daniel Shin, 38, who founded Terraform Labs with Do Kwon in 2018, included fraud, breach of duty, and embezzlement, according to the South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

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