Virgil Griffiths, the former ETHEREUM developer leaves prison, seeks pardon for North Korea’s visit

Virgil Griffiths, a former ETHEREUM developer, was released to attend the Checkle Conference in North Korea in 2019, from prison on his way to a house in the middle of the road, according to his lawyer Alexander Orepeus.

Urbeis, General Adviser to the ETHEREUM service that was also working as an external adviser to Griffith, A newly released GRIFFITH And his parents on Wednesday, standing in front of FCI MILAN, the low security prison of Michigan, where Griffiths served part of his 56 -month sentence.

“I am pleased to inform you that Virgil has gone out!” Urbes books. “Really happy day.”

Griffiths Arrest In November 2019, seven months after his return from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, Where he had attended the Cafir Conference. While he was at the conference, Griffiths made a presentation on Ethereum and explained how the encrypted currency can be used to evade penalties against the country. Although he initially fought this charge, Griffiths acknowledged that he was guilty of one charge of conspiracy to violate international sanctions in 2021.

A New York judge, who oversees the case, was sentenced to a fine of $ 100,000 and 63 months, or more than five years, and it is a small part of the ruling that he faced 20 years if he went to trial and lost. Last year, Griffiths’ lawyers managed to successfully decrease his sentence to 56 months, noting his position as a for the first time.

Griffiths was imprisoned since mid -2011. Although he was initially released on bail after his arrest, a judge returned to prison in New York to wait for the trial after violating the warranty conditions by trying to reach one of the encrypted currency accounts in order to pay his lawyer.

Urbeis Coindesk told the Griffith Legal team that he hopes to be transferred close to his home in the middle of the road in Baltimore to hold the house.

Urbeis said: “But the long -term consequences are continuing: Virgil will have to bear the exhausting monitoring for several years, which were not yet known.” “Moreover, the Ministry of Commerce has set great export restrictions on Virgil, which will extend until 2032 and make his life very difficult.”

Urbeis said that the restrictions of the Ministry of Commerce prohibits Griffit from participating either directly or indirectly in any transaction that includes programs or technology that will be exported from the United States, with a return to work in the encryption industry, if not impossible.

Griffiths seeks an amnesty from the administration of President Donald Trump, which Orepeus said it is a “continuous process” that they made “great progress.”

“We are looking for an amnesty to achieve justice to the prosecution that we believe has been equipped and non -American from the beginning, to the best life of Virgil, and to make sure that Virgil has [the] The ability to contribute to a world that strongly needs thinkers and actors like him, “said Urbeis.

Trump has pardoned a number of persons convicted of criminal charges related to encryption, including the founder of Silk Ross Olbrecht Road, former CEO Arthur Hayes and three persons convicted of violating the Bank’s Secret Law (BSA). More than the convicted criminals, including the former CEO of fraud, Sam Bankan, CEO of FTX Sam Bankman, are still hoping to pardon them.