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U.S. jury formally indicts researcher for blockchain lecture in North Korea

One of Virgil Griffith's alleged accomplices expected to be arrested soon, court documents say

Correction at 1400 KST: A previous version of this article stated that Virgil Griffith had been released on bail last month, when it fact he was released this Thursday.

A U.S. grand jury this week formally indicted an American blockchain researcher for a controversial April 2019 lecture at a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea, court papers revealed Thursday.

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