U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged the founders of Bitcoin mixer Samourai Wallet, accusing them of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York said that Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were charged with operating “a cryptocurrency mixer that executed over $2 billion in unlawful transactions and facilitated more than $100 million in money laundering transactions from illegal dark web markets.”

The agency asserts that their platform gave criminals a “virtual haven” to exchange illicit funds.

IRS Report: www.irs.gov/...money-laundering-and-unlicensed-money-transmitting-offenses

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NotQball wrote on June 11, 2024 at 4:23 PM

This is definitely a case to watch since the wallet was distributed on i2p. "Expert" witnesses list will be paramount. I hope that EFF gets involved in watching and publishes notes on the case.

Retainer6286 wrote on June 22, 2024 at 4:12 AM

I dont remember they used i2p, just Tor

NotQball wrote on June 24, 2024 at 2:05 AM

The wallet software was distributed through i2p and Google Playstore etc. 4 million in 10 years is chump change: a bad year for Hunter B. or a few hours for a casino. This is Red Hairing selective enforcement. They could have sent them to jail for jaywalking. A shame!
I got more info on the MIT Mexi-cans Etherum and it was an internal fight brewing for 4 years. They should give them the PhD (prove here dummy) and a bug bounty but the "victims" are well connected.