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Griffith NoKo Trial US Says He Reached For
$1 Million in Crypto, Now In-Person July
20
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Pod
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 13 – Virgil Griffith,
charged with violating North
Korea sanctions in connection
with a crypto-currency
conference there, now faces a
bail review proceeding - in
person - on July 20. To some,
this makes it more likely he
may be remanded to prison
custody, charged with trying
to access $1 million in
crypto-currency assets while
awaiting trial in September
2021 in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York.
On July 9 the US
Attorney's Office wrote to
SDNY Judge P. Kevin 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.
Now on July 13,
this: "MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to
Virgil Griffith on re: [119]
LETTER MOTION filed by USA
addressed to Judge P. Kevin
Castel from AUSAs Kimberly
Ravener and Kyle Wirshba dated
July 9, 2021 re: Violation of
Bail Conditions. ENDORSEMENT:
A bail review proceeding will
be held on July 20, 2021 at
2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 11D.
The defendant shall appear in
person. SO ORDERED. ( Bond
Hearing set for 7/20/2021 at
02:00 PM in Courtroom 11D, 500
Pearl Street, New York, NY
10007 before Judge P. Kevin
Castel. ) (Signed by Judge P.
Kevin Castel on 7/13/2021)."
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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