Federal prosecutors have accused the founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill of conspiracy to commit money laundering and operating of an unlicensed money transmitting business.
According to the Department of Justice, their cryptocurrency mixing service processed over $2 billion in illegal transactions and enabled several money launderings but notably the laundering of $100 million earned from dark web markets.
Rodriguez, the CEO of Samourai, was taken into custody in Pennsylvania, while Hill, the CTO, was caught in Portugal. Both are charged with very serious offenses, the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge carries a possible maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and the charge of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business carries up to five years.
Details of the Samourai Wallet
According to the indictment revealed today in Manhattan federal court, from 2015, Rodriguez and Hill developed Samourai Wallet, a service that allegedly pr
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