Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Jailed For Role in North Korea Sanctions Evasion - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
पूर्व Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has been sentenced to more than five years in U.S. federal prison for helping North Korea evade sanctions. ग्रिफ़िथ था 2019 में गिरफ्तार किया गया and pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The 39-year-old presented at a blockchain conference in Pyongyang after the U.S. government denied his request to travel there. The crypto researcher was a U.S. citizen living in Singapore who formerly worked for the Ethereum Foundation, according to रिपोर्टों. Prosecutors accused him of advising more than 100 people, including some who appeared to be affiliated with the North Korean government, on how to use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions and circumvent the global banking system. Heavier punishment sought for Griffith The five-year three-month sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel, was the minimum amount of jail time the prosecutors had sought. Griffith had asked for two years considering his cooperation. The judge also imposed a $100,000 fine which was well below the million dollars sought by the prosecutors who wrote: “Griffith is an American citizen who chose to evade the sanctions of his own country to provide services to a hostile foreign power,” In his defense, attorney Brian Klein said that the 63-month