April 26, 2021 11:43:42 am
The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a criminal complaint on Friday against Singaporean national Kwek Kee Seng for illicitly transporting oil into North Korea. Kewk Kee Seng is charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and conspiring to commit international money laundering. These charges arose after Kwek Kee Seng transported oil into North Korea on the M/T Courageous, an oil tanker he purchased in 2019. The M/T Courageous was detained in Cambodia last March. On April 2, 2020, Magistrate Judge Cave of the Southern District of New York issued a warrant authorizing the seizure of the M/T Courageous.