A British cryptocurrency expert is on the FBI's most-wanted list for allegedly breaking US-imposed sanctions against North Korea.
Christopher Emms, from Reigate, Surrey, was detained in February under an Interpol red notice when he tried to leave Saudi Arabia and faces a fine of £1million and a long prison term in the US.
Mr Emms attended a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea's capital Pyongyang in 2019 and was subsequently added to the FBI's most-wanted list, as they accused him and a Spanish co-defendant, Alejandro Cao de Benos, of “planning and organising” the conference “for the benefit of the DPRK [North Korea]”.
