Two Europeans were charged on Monday for allegedly conspiring with an American cryptocurrency expert, who has already been convicted, to teach members of the North Korean regime to use blockchain technology to evade U.S. sanctions.
Alejandro Cao de Benos, a Spanish citizen, and Christopher Emms from Britain are accused of illegally organizing the Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference in 2019. They recruited U.S. citizen Virgil Griffith to give talks at the conference.
Both Cao de Benos, 47, and Emms, 30, are at large, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement.
Griffith pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions. He was sentenced to 63 months in prison and fined $100,000 on April 12.
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