A South Korean man was last week sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for selling North Korean software in the South, a Seoul Central District Court’s judge told NK News on Friday.

The man, who has been named as “Heo,” was charged with violating South Korea’s National Security Law at an appellate trial – the second trial of the case.

For six years, the 34-year old is said to have earned at least KRW1.7 billion (USD$1.5 million) from selling software developed in North Korea, reportedly driving a Maserati sports car and running a cocktail bar with the profits.

Heo obtained the software from