Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith files motion to dismiss North Korea conspiracy charge

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 24, 2020 01:10PM ET

Updated Oct 25, 2020 02:20AM ET

Virgil Griffith, the former Ethereum Foundation researcher accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the charge against him on the grounds that prosecutors from the Southern District of New York have failed to properly state Griffith’s crime.

Griffith, 37, was arrested by FBI agents on Nov. 28th, 2019 following a presentation at a conference in North Korea in April.

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