North Korean National extradited to US for 1st time for fraud scheme

A North Korean citizen -- the first from the isolated communist nation -- has been extradited to the United States where he will face money laundering charges as part of a scheme to evade sanctions and provide luxury items to the rogue nation, the Justice Department said Monday. 

"It is important to underscore the relevance of this first-ever extradition of a North Korean national," said Special Agent in Charge Michael F. Paul of the FBI’s Minneapolis field office.  Federal prosecutors said Mun defrauded banks to the tune of $1.5 million and violated sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.S. and the United Nations. He was affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's primary intelligence group which was the subject of the sanctions.