[South Korea Arrests Four Uzbek Nationals for Allegedly Funding Syrian Terrorist Organization Using USDT] Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on September 1, according to Decrypt, the Gwangju Police Department in South Korea arrested four Uzbek citizens on charges of 'terror financing,' one of whom was on Interpol's red notice list. The main suspect is accused of transferring a total of 4,267 USDT to the United Nations-designated terrorist organization Katibat Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) through seven transactions between August 2024 and April 2025. Additionally, they allegedly received cryptocurrency from KTJ in return and used it to purchase 11 used cars and 2 excavators (totaling approximately 170,000 KRW, equivalent to about $121,000) to be shipped to Syria. Authorities stated that this case is the first in South Korea involving the receipt of cryptocurrency funds from a terrorist organization and the return of physical goods.