Category: Virgil Griffith

2 Charged for Conspiring With North Korea to Evade US Sanctions With Cryptocurrency

Two Europeans were charged on Monday for allegedly conspiring with an American cryptocurrency expert, who has already been convicted, to teach members of the North Korean regime to use blockchain technology to evade U.S. sanctions. Alejandro Cao de Benos, a Spanish citizen, and Christopher Emms from Britain are accused of illegally organizing the Pyongyang Blockchain and…


US Cryptocurrency Expert Jailed for Teaching North Korea to Evade Sanctions

An American cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in jail for teaching North Korea how to use blockchain technology to evade U.S. sanctions. Virgil Griffith, 39, is an American citizen living in Singapore. He was arrested in November 2019 after presenting at a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang despite U.S. authorities denying his travel…