Singapore commodity broker wanted by FBI charged over North Korea sugar deals
Friday, 19 Jun 2020 07:46 PM MYT
SINGAPORE, June 19 — A Singaporean commodity broker wanted by the FBI was charged in the city-state today for falsifying company documents to conceal transactions with North Korea from banks.
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