{{Short description|North Korean banker}} {{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}} '''Kim Chol-sam''' (born 11 March 1971) is a North Korean banker, the treasurer of Daedong Credit Bank (DCB).
Kim Chol-Sam and British banker Nigel Cowie created a shell company called "DCB Finance" to circumvent sanctions, help sell arms, and expand its nuclear weapons programme.<ref name=Guardian>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/04/panama-papers-briton-set-up-firm-allegedly-used-by-north-korea-weapons-sales|title=British banker set up firm 'used by North Korea to sell weapons'|last1=Garside|first1=Juliette|date=2016-04-04|last2=Harding|first2=Luke|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref>
Daedong Credit Bank, has been placed under US sanctions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-helped-firm-with-links-to-north-korea-s-nuclear-weapons-programme-a6968951.html |title=Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca 'helped firm with links to North Korea's nuclear weapons programme' | Americas | News |newspaper=The Independent |date= |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref>
Kim has been named in the Panama Papers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-35959604 |title=Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca 'helped firms subject to sanctions' - BBC News |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |accessdate=2016-04-05}}</ref><ref name='KimCS-newstapa'>{{cite web|language=ko|script-title=ko:북한은행도 모색 폰세카 고객, 국제감시 피해 조세도피처로|url=http://newstapa.org/32561 |publisher=Newstapa |accessdate=April 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name='KimCS-treasurygov'>{{cite web |title=Treasury Sanctions Bank, Front Company, and Official Linked to North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs |url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl1994.aspx |publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury |date=June 27, 2013 |accessdate=April 6, 2016}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|North Korea|Business and economics|Biography}} *North Korea's illicit activities
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