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US crypto guru who helped North Korea evade sanctions gets reduced sentence

Virgil Griffith set for early release after court trims prison time by seven months under new sentencing guidelines
Joe Smith July 18, 2024
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US crypto guru who helped North Korea evade sanctions gets reduced sentence
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A U.S. cryptocurrency guru convicted of helping North Korea evade sanctions is set to be released early after a court partially reduced his five-year prison sentence, court documents show.

Virgil Griffith was sentenced to 63 months in prison in 2022 and was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions against North Korea. The charges stemmed from a lecture he gave at a 2019 cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang. 

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