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Korea / 조선 · 2 years ago

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith sentenced to 63 months in prison + $100k fine for traveling to Pyongyang in 2019 to speak at blockchain conference ("conspiracy to violate international sanctions")

www.coindesk.com

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Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith sentenced to 63 months in prison + $100k fine for traveling to Pyongyang in 2019 to speak at blockchain conference ("conspiracy to violate international sanctions")

www.coindesk.com

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Korea / 조선 · 2 years ago

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Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip

www.coindesk.com

Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/228161

Live tweet coverage of his sentencing today

Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference, the conference where he spoke

Wikipedia: Virgil Griffith

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He did it, he found a good case for using crypto: evading US sanctions.

This is really sad tho and fuck the US government for imprisoning someone just because they went to a country.

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