Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith was released from the prison on April 9.
According to To the reciprocate of Melijan, Griffiths will remain in the middle of the road for several weeks while waiting for the next steps in the conditional release process.
Griffiths was arrested in 2019 to lecture on Blockchain technology and its power to circumvent the US sanctions of a public in North Korea.
Virgil Griffiths is at the center with his parents immediately after his release from the custody of the prison on April 9. Source: Miligan smoothly
The United States government Claim The researcher has violated the Economic Forces of International Emergency Forces (IEPA) by giving North Korea “high technical information” although the lecture content is widely available on the Internet.
The GRIFITH case highlights tension between Blockchain developers and state authorities, as emerging technology continues to create ways for individuals and countries to escape financial controls, control and monitoring.
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Virgil Griffith’s legal battle against American public prosecutors
In January 2020, a major American jury accused Griffiths of conspiring to the violation of IEPA, which gives the government’s executive branch power to restrict economic activity between American citizens and foreign authorities that are privacy for the United States.
Griffiths initially admitted that he was not guilty of charges. Lawyers of the software developer submitted a proposal to reject the case in October 2020, on the pretext that Griffiths did not violate the law by submitting what was widely available in general knowledge.
Griffiths in a lecture focused on encryption in 2019 for the North Korean fans. source: Cointelegraph/The US Department of Justice.
After a lengthy legal battle, which lasted for nearly two years, Griffiths acknowledged that he was guilty of violating sanctions laws as part of the approval deal with the US government in September 2021.
Ethereum researcher was sentenced to 63 months in prison and ordered a fine of $ 100,000 by the court in April 2022. However, the legal battle did not end there.
Two years later, in April 2024, the researcher’s lawyers made a proposal to reduce the prison sentence, which was opposed by American prosecutors, referring to Griffiths as harmful to national security.
Despite the retreat of the prosecutors, New York Judge Kevin Castil issued a ruling in July 2024, which reduced the penalty of Griffiths to 56 months.
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