Garland indicted by US grand jury

Irish Workers’ Party president Sean Garland has been indicted in the US on charges he conspired with North Korea to circulate millions of dollars in phony US currency, prosecutors said.

The indictment of Garland (aged 71) and six other men by a federal grand jury in Washington marks the first time in a 16-year investigation that the US government has alleged in court documents that North Korea plays a major role in counterfeiting US$100 bills, known as Supernotes.