{
  "id": 17062129,
  "title": "U.S. sanctions two Russian nationals for helping North Korea exchange cryptocurrency and launder money for its weapons programs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/u-s-sanctions-two-russian-nationals-for-helping-north-korea-exchange",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T12:51:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/298908"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On Oct. 28, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and one organization involved in fraudulent schemes carried out by North Korean IT workers. Two Russian citizens, Vitold Obertas and Ilya Boykov, were hit with restrictions, along with eight citizens of North Korea. Washington says that the money obtained through the identified schemes was used to finance North Korea’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "‘I hope this project has no future’: Grigory Sverdlin on helping Russian soldiers desert and building an organization he hopes will one day be unnecessary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/i-hope-this-project-has-no-future-grigory-sverdlin-on-helping-russian",
        "published": "2026-10-29T14:32:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}