The United States has charged a North Korean bank official over his alleged involvement in laundering cryptocurrency stolen on behalf of Pyongyang.Sim Hyon Sop, a representative of the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank, is suspected of conspiring with cryptocurrency traders to use stolen funds to buy goods for North Korea, the US Department of Justice said in a statement on Monday.Sim, 39, is also charged with conspiring with North Korean IT workers to generate revenue through illegal employment at blockchain firms in the US, the department said.
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