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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by tptacek on Friday November 29, 2019 @04:40PM (#21666947)
In or about April 19, VIRGIN GRIFFITH, the defendant, traveled to the DPRK to attend and present at the “Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference” (the “DPRK Cryptocurrency Conference”). The US State Department denied GRIFFITH permission to go to the DPRK to attend the DPRK Cryptocurrency Conference due to the DPRK Sanctions, but GRIFFITH nonetheless traveled to the DPRK, via China, to participate.

The statute he violated has a "willfully" mental state requirement, meaning Griffith would potentially have a defense at trial if he could convince a jury he had no idea what he was doing was prohibited by sanctions. From the complaint, it seems unlikely he'd be able to do that.

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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by jessaustin on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:09PM (#21667831)
Is that egregious name-mangling in the original? Wow.
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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by tptacek on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:16PM (#21667861)
I typed it out by hand, so it's almost certainly my fault. I'm too lazy to confirm, but just assume it's me.
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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by mapgrep on Friday November 29, 2019 @05:00PM (#21667082)
Even the press release from the accusers says he allegedly violated the statute. It is not established he broke any law until he is convicted in court. And court != justice.gov != ycombinator.com.
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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by tptacek on Friday November 29, 2019 @05:01PM (#21667085)
Is it really your impression that readers of HN threads need to be reminded that HN threads aren't binding legal process?
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Re:Arrest Of U.S. Citizen For Assisting North Korea In Evadi... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:12PM (#21667596)
They always say allegedly. It does not reflect a lack of strength in evidence or belief that they said that in this case.
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