US crypto expert gets 5 years in prison for helping North Korea evade sanctions – UPI

SEOUL, April 13 (UPI) — A U.S. cryptocurrency expert has been sentenced to more than five years in prison and fined $100,000 for helping North Korea evade sanctions, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced. Virgil Griffith, 39, pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiring to violate international sanctions by giving a presentation at a […]