A cryptocurrency expert, who travelled to North Korea without permission in 2019 and advised Pyongyang on how to use digital currency to avoid international sanctions, has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison. Virgil Griffith was arrested in November that year and charged with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which prohibits any US citizen from exporting goods, services or technology to North Korea.On Tuesday, Griffith was sentenced to 63

Американский программист Вирджил Гриффит (Virgil Griffith), проживающий в Сингапуре, признал вину в незаконном содействии Северной Корее по обращению с криптовалютой. Об этом говорится в официальном заявлении на сайте министерства юстиции США.

NEW YORK--A cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in federal prison for helping North Korea evade U.S. sanctions. Virgil Griffith, 39, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy, admitting he presented at a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang in 2019 even after the U.S. government denied his request to travel there.A well-known hacker, Griffith also developed “ cryptocurrency infrastructure and equipment inside North Korea," prosecutors wrote in court papers.... “ H

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