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US citizen living in Singapore charged with helping North Korea evade sanctions

By Jonathan Stempel on Dec 2, 2019 6:49AM
US citizen living in Singapore charged with helping North Korea evade sanctions

Digital currency specialist arrested over alleged cryptocurrency and blockchain assistance.

A US digital currency specialist living in Singapore has been arrested and criminally charged with helping North Korea use cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade American sanctions, the US Department of Justice said on Friday. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Virgil Griffith, 36, ...

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