Just to frame tomorrow morning's sentencing hearing for young Virgil -- I think he is very likely to do a full five years. [He asks that he only get two, pointing out that he's already pleaded guilty, and spent nearly seven months in the harsh NY holding cells. I don't think that will be enough, to fly.]
The level of pre-planning, careful deceptions, and intentional evasion of binding US State Department written "no-go" advice will be important factors here. Yes, he's a bright guy, and I am sure he regrets at least the consequences of getting caught. But this is a guy who's had every possible advantage in life, in a wealthy well-educated enclave -- on a bucolic US college campus, growing up.
So I'll guess five years -- after all, Virgil was intentionally teaching a vicious dictator how to evade US and UN sanctions, by using crypto -- likely Monero (the Fluffy Pony's creation). . . to continue his reign of terror, while living in opulence -- all as the North Koreans starve to death, by the millions. Bad stuff.
. . .Virgil Griffith: Sentencing set for 4/12/2022 at 11:00 AM before Judge P. Kevin Castel. . . .
Do stay tuned -- only two more dinners, with my eldest daughter. . . sigh (for a while, at least).
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