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Griffith NoKo Trial US Says He Reached For
$1 Million in Crypto, Seeks Remand
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Pod
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 9 – Virgil Griffith,
charged with violating North
Korea sanctions in connection
with a crypto-currency
conference there, now faces
trial in September 2021 in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
This emerged at a
telephone conference in the
case on December 22.
Griffith's defense lawyer
Brian E. Klein spoke among
other things about filings not
yet placed in the public
docket, only emailed to SDNY
Judge P. Kevin Castel.
Now on
July 9 the US Attorney's
Office has written to Judge
Castel saying Griffith
attempted to access one of his
frozen cryptocurrency accounts
containing assets of nearly $1
million. They went a hearing,
and they want him remanded
(jailed). Full letter on
Patreon here.
Inner City Press is on it.
On February
11, Judge Castel held a
proceeding about who knew what
before and at the conference
Griffith spoke at. A
stipulation or agreement has
been proposed, essentially
that some people know, but the
DPRK / Kim government as such
did not. Inner City Press live
tweeted the first proceeding,
here.
And on
February 23 the second
proceeding, in two parts, here.
On June
16, Griffith's lawyers
complained that "the defense
is still awaiting the
completion of the government's
review and production... the
Government filed a letter
correcting a 'mistake' it had
made regarding its
presentations to the Court
about the FBI's first
interactions with OFAC... The
defense hopes that the
prosecutors will honor their
commitment to a June 22, 2021
deadline. If not, the defense
reserves its right to seek
relief from the Court." Watch
this site.
Back in
March 12, citing the swearing
into the office of US Attorney
General of Merrick Garland the
day before, the US Attorney's
Office has asked for a three
week delay for its Classified
Information Procedures Act
filings, since Garland must
sign them on personal
knowledge, under US v. Aref.
Others might wonder if the
change in Administration might
result in a changed
prosecutorial stance in this
and certain other cases.
The case is US v.
Griffith, 20-cr-15
(Castel).
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