https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2019/dec/02/ethereum-founder-vitalik-buterin-petition-release-arrested-dev/

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin pledges to support a petition backing the release of arrested developer Virgil Griffith.

Griffith was arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport on 28th November after travelling to North Korea, one of the “United States’ foremost adversaries,” to attend and present a paper at the Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference.