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Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy is a data journalist for NK News and NK Pro. Choy specializes in news and analysis relating to DPRK shipping and aviation movements, sanctions, and cyber-security.
The first North Korean citizen to be extradited to the United States is accused of laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars per week, according to recently unsealed documents from a federal district court.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice said that Mun Chol Myong laundered money to help his home country source sanctioned luxury items, but the new indictment documents also show that Mun was tending to the daily financial needs of other North Korean companies using illegal methods.