North Korea laundered $147.5M in stolen crypto in March, say UN experts

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This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. The cryptocurrency thefts 'may have been conducted by DPRK IT workers inadvertently hired by small crypto-related companies,' says UN sanctions monitors North Korea laundered $147.5 million through virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March after stealing it last year from a cryptocurrency exchange, according to confidential work by United Nations sanctions monitors seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The monitors told a UN Security Council sanctions committee in a document submitted on Friday that they had been investigating 97 suspected North Korean cyberattacks on...