As Keonne Rodriguez prepares to surrender to federal prison on December 18, advocates urge President Trump to pardon the Samourai Wallet co-founders, citing prosecutorial misconduct and a disputed interpretation of unlicensed money transmission laws that even FinCEN rejects.
As Trump vows to defend self-custody, the outcome of this landmark case could halt CBDC surveillance and bolster U.S. innovation in cryptographic finance.
Samourai Wallet co-founder William Hill was sentenced to four years in prison for running a crypto mixing service that laundered over $237 million in illicit funds.
15 months after being charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, the Samourai Wallet founders have pled guilty to the latter charge.
In a letter to the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the defense in the Samourai Wallet case illustrate why a hearing on the prosecution’s withholding key information in the case is in order.
The prosecutors in the Samourai Wallet case have stated that they did not violate any legal norms in only recently sharing key details of a discussion that they had with members of FinCEN in August 2023 and push to move forward with the case.
Almost one year after the U.S. government charged the Samourai Wallet developers with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, the developers appeared in court for another pre-trial hearing.
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