FBI seeks arrest of man claiming to be North Korea ‘special delegate’

Spaniard alleged to have conspired with cryptocurrency expert to help Pyongyang evade US sanctions

The FBI has issued an arrest warrant for a Spanish man who claims to be a special delegate" working for the government of North Korea, accusing him of recruiting a cryptocurrency expert in an attempt to help Pyongyang circumvent US sanctions.

Alejandro Cao de Benos, a 47-year-old Spanish national who describes himself as Pyongyang's special delegate for the committee for cultural relations with foreign countries, is alleged to have conspired with Virgil Griffith, a US cryptocurrency expert, to illegally provide cryptocurrency and blockchain services to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)".