Internationally Hunted Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Says He’s ‘Making Zero Effort To Hide’

International crime-fighting company Interpol reportedly issued a discover instructing legislation enforcement companies worldwide to arrest Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon. Somehow, Kwon continues to be making an attempt to persuade the world, and sure himself, that he’s in actual fact, not on the run.

South Korean prosecutors declare Interpol issued the so-called “red notice” this week to encourage legislation enforcement companies to hunt Kwon down, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Interpol didn’t instantly reply to Gizmodo’s request for remark however their website described the discover as, “a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.” Those notices are issued for needed fugitives who’re actually, by definition, “on the run.”

So what precisely is Kwon completely not operating from in any case? The crypto founder oversaw the rise and sudden collapse of TerraUSD and Luna stablecoins earlier this yr. Those two cash plummeted from a market cap of round $60 billion to principally nothing in May, which in flip helped tank the worth of Bitcoin and ushered in one of many worst crypto winters within the business’s historical past. Kwon was believed to be in Singapore in the course of the chaos, although native legislation enforcement reportedly claims his present whereabouts are unknown. Earlier this month South Korean prosecutors issued a warrant for Kwon’s arrest claiming he allegedly violated the nation’s capital markets legislation.

Terraform Labs didn’t reply to Gizmodo’s request for remark.

But Kwon’s proven no real interest in returning to South Korea. Days after prosecutors issued the warrant for his arrest, they despatched a request to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry to revoke his passport. With Kwon nonetheless refusing to budge, prosecutors determined to loop in Interpol.

Kwon, who’s nonetheless lively on Twitter, responded to a person asking in regards to the crimson discover on Monday and his response is about as hilarious as you’d count on.

“For something that has notice in the name it sure gives no notice,” Kwon wrote. Though Kwon’s identify doesn’t seem in an internet listing of public crimson discover warrants, The Wall Street Journal notes that almost all of notices should not made public.

“Yeah as i said im making zero effort to hide,” Kwon continued. “I go on walks and malls, no way none of CT hasnt run into me the past couple weeks.”

Those tweets echo related denials made final week. There, Kwon explicitly rejected claims he was “on the run” and claimed he’s in “full cooperation” with any authorities company considering speaking with him.

“We don’t have anything to hide,” Kwon stated.

Riiight.