{"id":74420,"date":"2023-02-21T14:56:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=74420"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:56:46","slug":"bitcoin-consultant-for-north-korea-detained-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-consultant-for-north-korea-detained-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin consultant for North Korea detained in Moscow."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officers from Russia&#8217;s Interpol bureau, at the request of colleagues in the United States, detained in Moscow 31-year-old Briton Christopher Emms, who helped North Korea evade sanctions using cryptocurrency. This was reported by the Telegram channel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/bazabazon\/15925\">Baza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement officials, Emms, in cahoots with two accomplices, advised members of the North Korean government on ways to move funds overseas using digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants also organised a blockchain conference in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>They are suspected of defrauding the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/H-aU-Cks-XZy66jtF0JchuvQ3zGU8wePvipaGaApvNe7BbWKGGQH5EJjEnE_cm5Jm1DNRwvhBOkfkVXIbQgvbDMcZ1ltvRH1K-ujcOENA1nUxA5fvVFn96FLA2fNOK56KYlXP0zvj0wNZuKhV1XPJZQ\" alt=\"\u0412 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0421\u0435\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0438\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/counterintelligence\/christopher-douglas-emms\">FBI<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emms was detained in the hostel where he was staying. He is currently in custody. The fate of his co-defendants has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>According to UN data, in 2022 North Korean hackers stole <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/un-north-korean-hackers-stole-a-record-amount-of-cryptocurrency-in-2022\">a record amount of cryptocurrency<\/a>. According to South Korea&#8217;s estimates, the figure is $630 million; cybersecurity specialists put the loss at more than $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chainalysis analysts say about $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was obtained through cyberattacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpol officers from Russia, at the request of colleagues in the United States, detained a British man in Moscow who helped North Korea evade sanctions using cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1444,1202,27],"class_list":["post-74420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-law-enforcement","tag-north-korea-dprk","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"24","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74422,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74420\/revisions\/74422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}