Spanish Man Arrested for Organizing North Korea Cryptocurrency Conference
• Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benos arrested for organizing 2019 cryptocurrency conference in North Korea to teach officials how to evade US sanctions
• Cao de Benos founded pro-North Korea group, helped plan conference where Americans instructed on using crypto to launder money
• Attendees included US citizen Virgil Griffiths, sentenced last year to 5 years in prison for his role
• Cao de Benos arrested in Madrid after over a year on FBI most wanted list, faces up to 20 years in US prison
• North Korea has successfully obtained nearly $3 billion through cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade sanctions