Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is sentenced to 5+ years in prison and fined $100K for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions
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.
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Discussion
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@richardhanania
Richard Hanania
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Ethereum developer gets 5 to 6.5 years in prison for going to North Korea and giving a talk on using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions. He clearly violated the law, but what do we gain from cutting a nation off from the global economy indefinitely? https://www.coindesk.com/...
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@rgcooke
Richard Cooke
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Virgil Griffith was the programmer behind Wikiscanner, which resulted in a slew of stories about politicians (or at least their staff) editing their own Wikipedia entries. His commitment to radical openness took him to Pyongyang, and then jail. https://www.coindesk.com/...
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@el33th4xor
@el33th4xor
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And indeed, Virgil Griffith was sentenced to 5 years. Corporations aren't just people, they are privileged people who can flaunt the law. https://www.coindesk.com/...
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@shanvav
Shannon Vavra
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BREAKING: A man who went to North Korea to give a cryptocurrency talk, Virgil Griffith, is getting a 5yr sentence. Feds say he was helping NK skirt sanctions & could've helped NK's nuclear weapons program. Via me & @Jose_Pagliery @arawnsley @thedailybeast https://www.thedailybeas…