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fromBitcoin Magazine
4 months ago

U.S. Government Denies The Sale Of Samourai Wallet Bitcoin

In a brief statement on X on January 16, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets and Deputy Director at the Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed that the forfeited digital assets "have not been liquidated and will not be liquidated" pursuant to Executive Order 14233. According to Witt, the bitcoin will remain on the U.S. government's balance sheet as part of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR).
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fromBitcoin Magazine
4 months ago

Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump's Executive Order By Selling The Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin?

USMS likely sold $6.3M of forfeited bitcoin from Samourai developers, potentially violating Executive Order 14233 that requires seized bitcoin to be held in the Strategy Bitcoin Reserve.
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fromBitcoin Magazine
5 months ago

Trump Considering Pardon For Samourai Wallet's Rodriguez

President Trump said he will review a pardon request for Keonne Rodriguez following his conviction over Samourai Wallet's unlicensed money-transmitting activities.
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fromBitcoin Magazine
5 months ago

From Biden's Raid To Trump's Oath: How One Wallet Case Exposes The Fight For Your Financial Freedom

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, was convicted for unlicensed money transmission despite providing non-custodial Bitcoin privacy software.
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fromBitcoin Magazine
6 months 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
9 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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