Ethereum Developer arrested in US for teaching North Korea how to launder money

[LouVandetta]

Ethereum research scientist Virgil Griffith allegedly went all the way to Pyongyang to teach North Korean scientist and hackers how to launder and receive money that they earn by ransoming and hacking around the world. He taught them how to effectively use Ethereum without being found.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-authorities-arrest-ethereum-research-200109230.html

Okay.... That's new. Thank god he got caught, and serves him right. I mean like, why did he even teach that country such ways of using ethereum and might be cryptocurrency in general in a bad way without being found? And now he has to pay for what he did. Being the enemy of U.S authorities is no joke. He might even carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. He reaps what he sows. Hopefully there won't be any similar person like him anymore. A guy like him is one of the reason that makes cryptocurrency in general is bad in the eyes of the world.

[TGD]

USA gov really think that North Korea need somebody to teach them how to use crypto? They are using it for a very long time already

This is what I'm thinking too. A hacker will never seek help to a crypto developer that might exposed his identity to the public.
This article is sketchy. Why on earth a PRO hacker will ask help for money laundering specifically on ETH while there are many ways to do that without being caught.
Imagine a multi million hacker begging for help to cash it out is very funny.

[Baby Dragon]

Ethereum research scientist Virgil Griffith allegedly went all the way to Pyongyang to teach North Korean scientist and hackers how to launder and receive money that they earn by ransoming and hacking around the world. He taught them how to effectively use Ethereum without being found.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-authorities-arrest-ethereum-research-200109230.html

Okay.... That's new. Thank god he got caught, and serves him right. I mean like, why did he even teach that country such ways of using ethereum and might be cryptocurrency in general in a bad way without being found? And now he has to pay for what he did. Being the enemy of U.S authorities is no joke. He might even carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. He reaps what he sows. Hopefully there won't be any similar person like him anymore. A guy like him is one of the reason that makes cryptocurrency in general is bad in the eyes of the world.

Indeed, he have to suffer the consequences of his actions and learn from it because people these days are always looking forward to take advantage of cryptocurrency to get the benefits they wanted but little did they know that they are just putting themselves into a difficult situation. I just hope people like him will realized their mistakes and avoid doing it again because it will never turn out great, they will always end up feeling remorse about their actions. It's true that it is one of the reason why people have some trust issues when it comes to a cryptocurrency because of people who uses it on illegal things which ruins the reputation of cryptocurrency.

[Landak]

USA gov really think that North Korea need somebody to teach them how to use crypto? They are using it for a very long time already

This is what I'm thinking too. A hacker will never seek help to a crypto developer that might exposed his identity to the public.
This article is sketchy. Why on earth a PRO hacker will ask help for money laundering specifically on ETH while there are many ways to do that without being caught.
Imagine a multi million hacker begging for help to cash it out is very funny.

bad news again in the crypto world, it seems like this scenario has been planned to weaken crypto. and true, it seems absurd, why pro hackers ask ethereum developers to teach how to launder money lol  . from here the news looks as if intentionally and planned by the U.S or someone, to make crypto is looks bad.

[Novatech8]

Good job for FBI to arrest this man since he is not needed in crypto sphere because he is just like a virus that create a dirty image for cryptocurrency. maybe they can add another 20 years for his sentence so this guy will never leave the prison until he dies.

That might not be the case, just because we read it on the news doesn't mean this is what truly happened, showing a country how to use crypto and blockchain shouldn't be a crime if not for the absence of love between two countries

[TGD]

USA gov really think that North Korea need somebody to teach them how to use crypto? They are using it for a very long time already

This is what I'm thinking too. A hacker will never seek help to a crypto developer that might exposed his identity to the public.
This article is sketchy. Why on earth a PRO hacker will ask help for money laundering specifically on ETH while there are many ways to do that without being caught.
Imagine a multi million hacker begging for help to cash it out is very funny.

bad news again in the crypto world, it seems like this scenario has been planned to weaken crypto. and true, it seems absurd, why pro hackers ask ethereum developers to teach how to launder money lol  . from here the news looks as if intentionally and planned by the U.S or someone, to make crypto is looks bad.

Yeah. This is obviously a FUD. Crypto News Company is very eager to get a scoop that's why sometimes, They are twisting some news to make crypto look bad. It usually happened
when crypto market is gaining some momentum in price hike. This shitty centralized news is the cancer of this crypto, Imagine if there will be only transparent crypto news site.
We will never experience again this kind of FUD.

[Strongkored]

What he did as an Research Scientist for Ethereum Foundation was a ridiculous thing.

We should hear crypto experts teach about crypto for things that are useful for the community but this is just the opposite, stupid and embarrassing

[Pamadar]

What he did as an Research Scientist for Ethereum Foundation was a ridiculous thing.

We should hear crypto experts teach about crypto for things that are useful for the community but this is just the opposite, stupid and embarrassing

That's supposed to be what he did instead of committing this kind of things, The government have the right to take this action as he's not responsible enough to take the good image instead of choosing the bad ways. It's not a good example on how crypto should be use and how people should look on it but since there's people who are doing this things we can't blame others to take it for personal advantages.