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Griffith pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist North Korea<\/a> in evading sanctions, this is a direct violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Sentences of up to 20 years can be handed out following acts against the IEEPA, although Griffith's sentence was dropped to 63-78 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is worth noting that nuclear weapons within North Korea have been being funded from proceeds from cyberattacks on various international crypto exchanges per a report from Reuters that cited the United Nations<\/a>. According to Chainalysis' blockchain forensics over US$400M<\/a> in crypto was stolen by various North Korean cyber attacks.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced To 63 Months In Prison Over North Korea Conspiracy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"former-ethereum-developer-virgil-griffith-sentenced-to-63-months-in-prison-over-north-korea-conspiracy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-15 00:11:23","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-14 14:11:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=4331","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_13"};
