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fromBitcoin Magazine
1 day ago

Samourai Wallet CEO Sentenced To Five Years For Operating Unlicensed Bitcoin Mixing Service

A Samourai Wallet developer was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for operating a crypto mixing service prosecutors say laundered $237 million in illicit funds. Keonne Rodriguez, the CEO of Samourai Wallet, received the statutory maximum from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York, following an hour-long hearing in Manhattan, according to journalist Frank Corva.
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fromDatabreaches
3 months ago

Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez and Samourai CTO William Lonergan Hill Pled Guilty to Operating a Money Transmitting Business, Samourai Wallet, That Transmitted Over $200 Million in Criminal Proceeds

Rodriguez and Hill pleaded guilty to facilitating over $200 million in illegal cryptocurrency transactions through Samourai Wallet.
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fromBitcoin Magazine
5 months ago

Defense In Samourai Case Argues That Hearing Over Delayed Brady Disclosure Is Warranted

Defense argues that prosecution withheld crucial evidence about Samourai Wallet's classification, claiming it doesn't operate as a money transmitting business.
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fromBitcoin Magazine
6 months ago
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Prosecution In Samourai Wallet Case Affirms It Did Not Violate The Brady Rule

Prosecutors in the Samourai Wallet case assert they disclosed evidence and oppose the defense's request for a hearing.
fromBitcoin Magazine
6 months ago
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Filing Claims U.S. Prosecutors Knew License Wasn't Required For Samourai Wallet, Prosecuted Them Anyways

FinCEN's internal guidance questions the legality of the DOJ's indictment against Samourai Wallet founders.
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