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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

US expert Virgil Griffith jailed for 63 months for helping North Korea dodge sanctions with cryptocurrency

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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.

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