Is there also a spy drama in the crypto world? A real case ruled by a Korean court

December 30th, the Supreme Court of Korea announced a special criminal case involving cryptocurrency: an employee of a major exchange was sentenced to 4 years in prison for accepting Bitcoin bribes and assisting in recruiting a Korean military officer to leak military secrets. The court also banned the individual from working in any financial industry for 4 years after the verdict.

This case is quite outrageous—the criminals used Bitcoin as a "lubricant," employees acted as brokers, and ultimately the military officer became an information trafficker. Although it sounds like a spy movie plot, this is a real judicial record. It also serves as a wake-up call for the industry: while cryptocurrencies are innovative assets, if used for illegal purposes (such as bribery, money laundering, intelligence trading), regulators will have zero tolerance—judgments will be made, and industries will be banned.

Crypto industry practitioners must remember: compliant operation is not a restriction, but protection.