Bitcoin Mixing Service Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested, Charged With Money Laundering
The US DOJ also seized Samourai's web servers and domain, and served a seizure warrant for Samourai’s mobile app on the Google Play Store.
In a significant development, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, founders and CEO of the privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet and mixer, Samourai Wallet, have been arrested and charged with money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern District of New York, announced these charges today following an extensive investigation into their activities.
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